There are two main ways to tag footpaths (sidewalks) as you've pointed out, and documented at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Sidewalks#How_to_map. Both are valid and there's no consensus. These two approaches can co-existing and an area can be mapped with both if you like.
Personally I map as a separate way as it allows you to map crossings, lowered curbs, footpath surface, footpath width with the benefit of having better accuracy (good for local council doing asset management or augmented reality). It would be wrong to delete someone else's work mapping them with either approach. On 15 August 2018 at 02:18, Adam Roberts <adamben.robe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey folks, > I'm experiencing some routing difficulties for ped/bike near the Wiley > Park station, and looking for some tagging and digitizing advice. > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/-33.92297/151.06717&layers=C > > Specifically, there are sidewalks present on both sides of King Georges > Road, south of The Boulevarde, but none to the north, nor on The Boulevarde > itself. Options would be to add sidewalk tags to the roads, or to digitize > sidewalks (and therefore crosswalks) to all other roads. What would the > preferred path be? Sidewalk tags seems the most straightforward, as I won't > need to connect each sidewalk via crosswalks, but that would likely involve > removing the mapped sidewalks south of The Boulevarde, and replacing as > tags. Would that be ok? Is there a precedent for the fact that the > sidewalks are separated from the road by a grass strip? > > Thanks for the feedback, > Adam Roberts > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > >
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