[OSM-talk] Unnamed footways for pedestrian navigation

[Annette Thurow]

> Hi,
> 
> Lulu-Ann at gmx.de wrote:
> > when using OSM for a pedestrian navigation for blind persons, the
> following problem appears:
> > * There are unnamed foodways (in the woods).
> 
> Most inner-city footways aren't named either, or are they?

Yes, but they often connect named roads.
In the woods we have hole networks of unnamed tracks.
 
> > I would like to add loc_name-tags for this and name ways like "footway
> from village A to B, west of footway crossing in MyWoodName"
> 
> Is this not a task for the routing engine? The routing engine obviously 
> knows that it has selected this footway as the connection between 
> village A and B, and where other objects are in relation to it. (There's 
> endless potential for confusion if the routing engine chooses a way as a 
> connection from A to B but the loc_name is "footway from A to C".)
> 
> Also, psychologically, it is better to use reference points ahead than 
> behind - if you are going from crossing A to B then it is better to say 
> "you are 1km south of B" than to say "you are 1km north of A". This 
> means that what you would like to tag as "loc_name" should really be 
> created dynamically.

Dynamically created names for tracks end in duplicates. This is exactly NOT what the blind users need, when they need a taxi or ambulance...

Also creating way names automatically would force me to name all crossings with loc_names - this just moves the problems from ways to crossings, I guess.

Cheers
Lulu-Ann
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