[OSM-talk] Software goes on, brain goes off...

[Anthony]

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Matt Williams <lists at milliams.com> wrote:

> On 1 June 2010 13:33, Jason Cunningham <jamicuosm at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > 1... What's the correct way of tagging a street as 'dangerous/suicidal'
> for
> > pedestrians in OSM? (Couldnt find an answer in the wiki)
> > Recently come across a road in my area (London, UK) that had no pavement
> and
> > which clearly should be avoided by pedestrains, but there were no
> > restrictions in place for pedestrians (apart from common sense). The UK
> also
> > does not have restrictions on pedestrains being on roads that some other
> > countries have.
> >
> > So, in my opinion, foot=no would be wrong because it incorrectly
> indicates
> > pedestrians are not allowed. I guess foot=dangerous would be useful for
> > routing software, but is there agreed way of tagging these problem roads.
>
> The road should simply be marked as having no pavement/sidewalk.
> Something like pavement=yes/no is a start at least. It's best to avoid
> subject assessments like how dangerous a road is.
>

Hmm, is "shoulder" a fairly universal term?  Because shoulder=no would be
much more daunting to me than pavement=no.

Also, if the street really is dangerous/suicidal, is there any chance you
can report it to the govt. so they can either fix it or ban pedestrians?
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