[OSM-talk] Mapping Chicago's pedways

[Janko Mihelić]

When I draw footways, I like to connect them to the first crosswalk. That
way a router can route people through a street if there are no drawn
footways, and then cross to a footway at the crosswalk.

2012/9/27 David Turner <novalis at novalis.org>

> Chicago's pedway system on OSM is a bit wrong -- it's mostly
> disconnected from the rest of the map (check out KeepRight for a bunch
> of orange lightning bolts).  This can cause problems for routers.
> Apparently, Toronto's system has the same issue.
>
> (I should also note that Chicago doesn't have hour_on and hour_off, but
> that's a different issue).
>
> I would like to just connect the pedways to the streets that they
> intersect, but that's not physically accurate; in fact, they're through
> buildings (and often down stairs or elevators).  Can anyone suggest a
> better way to map them so that they're accurate yet routable?
>
> I'm not local to Chicago, so it would be tough for me to go out and
> directly investigate myself.  But I've CC'd a colleague who does live in
> Chicago and whom I might be able to pester to help out when he gets the
> free time.
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