What is the pink dotted line doing down the middle of Waverley Road? The Map Key indicates that a pink dotted line is a footway, so what is a footway doing in the middle of a busy road?
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What is the pink dotted line doing down the middle of Waverley Road? The Map Key indicates that a pink dotted line is a footway, so what is a footway doing in the middle of a busy road?
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Comment from Gnonthgol on 21 February 2012 at 11:57
The map key can be a little deceptive. Blue dotted line is a cycleway and a purple line is an administrative border. If you open the 'data' layer you can click on the line and get more information from it.
Comment from chillly on 21 February 2012 at 13:42
It is an administrative boundary between Wheelers Hill and Glen Waverley.
The map you see is just a single example of the way a map can be rendered from the OSM database and it happens to display these boundaries in a particular way. Other renders could show it coloured or stroked differently or not show the boundary at all. If you want to try rendering your own styles more info is here: osm.wiki/Renderers
Comment from Zartbitter on 22 February 2012 at 07:29
Footways look like this one on Mapnik rendering:
osm.org/go/uG4kJtG8b--?m
(look at the way where the marker is)
Comment from Sanderd17 on 22 February 2012 at 08:28
That boundary should be closed though. A boundary that just stops is not a good boundary.