[OSM-talk] Tagging for street danger levels

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Wed Jun 23 16:46:02 BST 2010


On 6/23/10, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>> highway=path wouldn't work if the way is already tagged with
>> highway=secondary.
>> I was thinking something like highway=secondary, footway=both (a la
>> highway=secondary, cycleway=track).
>> The alternative would be to have three different ways.
>> Neither solution is particularly nice, though.  I'm actually hoping
>> someone
>> will come up with something better :).
>
> Without attempting to express much of an interest in tagging
> discussions, it would be great if you were to use the word "sidewalk"
> to describe the paths-along-the-edge-of-roads. The word footway might
> well mean the same thing but is used elsewhere in osm, and will lead
> to confusion.

I don't get it.  Isn't the term footway used in OSM for precisely this
sort of thing?  It's a way primarily used by pedestrians.  Perhaps
it's not "designated", but that's only because nothing is "designated"
around here.  Or do I just not understand what "designated" means?

What am I missing?




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