Changeset: 107754959
eastville
Closed by cryptickryptos
Tags
created_by | JOSM/1.5 (17976 en) |
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source | Bing; OS Code-Point Open; survey |
Discussion
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Comment from ndm
Not sure that the "sidewalk=separate" is really true - sure you've drawn it as a separate way - but in reality there's nothing between the sidewalk and the road. You can cross anywhere. More detail's great but in this case it's likely to confuse pedestrian routers?
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Comment from cryptickryptos
sidewalk=separate doesn't seem to be specifically for sidewalks physically separated from the street but for any drawn separately, at least not according to the wiki. From https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:sidewalk "This road has sidewalks but these are mapped using separate ways."
Routing on separately drawn sidewalks seems to work okay for me, as long as crossings are mapped as well (I've actually missed a couple here, I'll add those). Considering those are mapped, the router will (or should) preemptively cross to the right side of the street for the user. Otherwise, to me it seems it should be up to user discretion when to cross, which doesn't seem too different to the alternative method of tagging sidewalks where the router simply doesn't tell the user to cross until the street intersects.
I'm currently trying out mapping like this because of the newer aerial imagery that allows for detailed mapping like this, but I don't want to accidentally break routing in the areas I map. The lack of street names when routing on separately drawn sidewalks is a noticeable issue that could probably be fixed with some tagging, however there doesn't seem to be any current consensus on how to remedy this. If you can see any other issues with it, feel free to let me know
Ways (1-20 of 138)
- Dormer Road (4313575), v7
- Rousham Road (4313576), v7
- Allfoxton Road (4313579), v6
- 4852990, v7
- Bridge Road (26230216), v9
- Stottbury Road (26230226), v8
- Spalding Close (69325038), v5
- 69325040, v4
- 69325041, v3
- 69325042, v3
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- 354395283, v5
- 561386316, v2
- 561386317, v2
- 620859085, v3
- 620859086, v3
Nodes (1-20 of 1026)
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