I too was very anti at first. Reykavik was the first time I saw it on a
systematic basis, and I thought it made a map I did aesthetically
dreadful. But a small tweak, rendering sidewalk-tagged footways as a
very unobtrusive narrow line fixed that.
I now map them zealously for three reasons:
1) I think it is the only way we can, (and IMHO should), seriously
support wheelchair routing.
2) It is really useful for creating "safe" routes, especially for
children. As an example, a normal footway that "ends" at a busy main
road. Does it really mean that you have to walk along the road itself or
attempt to cross right there? Or, does it mean that in reality it ends
at a nice pavement/sidewalk that takes you to a formal crossing further
down? (And for serious routing it is also worth mapping and tagging
footway=crossing as well).
3) Well, not so important but it really p***s me off wasting time OSM
walking to a huge complex road interchange only to find that the only
way across is on the other side and have back-track to some footbridge
or other. Here is a work-in-progress example in Melbourne:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-37.82641/144.94721 There is
actually only one way to get across safely north-south if on bicycle and
possibly for foot also. Addition of the "sidewalk" network would be very
helpful.
Mike
On 2019-06-01 12:27, Dan S wrote:
I noticed a "sidewalk" here too in Brighton:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/684610225
I'm ambivalent. Both of these examples are pavements that are fully
adjacent (continguous) to their roads, and by default I'd prefer not
to map them separately. I guess the long one that you refer to does
sometimes rise above the road, and even has steps down at at least one
point, so perhaps worth being a separate feature?
Dan
Op za 1 jun. 2019 om 11:12 schreef Jez Nicholson <jez.nichol...@gmail.com>:
Brighton has also just gained a sidewalk https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/JAn which
i'm not overly impressed with....or am I being a Luddite?
Regards,
Jez
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