[OSM-talk] sidewalks

[edodd at billiau.net]

>> are you thinking of a paved section intended for walking, or just the
>> space
>> which here could be grass, rough ground, or even gardened?
>
> a paved surface intended for walking
>
> there are places in my village where you can walk on the grass next to
> the road - I've been marking them as 'no footpath'
>


a previous poster (I've lost the thread as I'm using my webmail)
said that these could be assumed in residential areas.

While residents here would like concrete paths provided in residential
areas they are not standard by any means.
That's why I was checking.

It is most common to have a "verge" in residential areas (here) which is
within the road reserve but is not road

contents of road reserve, where the road reserve is the public land which
contains the roadway
fence/boundary -- verge -- kerb/guttering/table drain -- road (surfaced or
not) -- kerb -- verge -- boundary

that space "verge" may be grass, may contain a pathway, may be rough
ground, may be a garden (although obstructing pedestrian passage is not
legal)
and I'm not likely to be mapping any of it while I've thousands of kms of
roads still to go in Western NSW Au.