Alright y’all, I am unsubscribing from replies here. I want some of y’all to take a long, critical look at how you interact with others here.

This post is entitled “how I’m mapping sidewalks.” I never represented this as something that was a must-do for any area. So if mapping sidewalks as separate ways isn’t right for your area, then simply don’t do it. You don’t need to come here and inflict your opinion about the subject on others who are already doing the work to map them as such in their areas. We will not be reverting to having them as tags here. Entire townships have already been mapped this way, and this project is supported by local organizations.

I am following the standards for my area, and those set by the OpenSidewalks project. If you don’t like them, take that up with OpenSidewalks.

The way that several people have commented here has me seriously reconsidering contributing to the project, because the “community” here has been incredibly unwelcoming, and at times outright hostile.

If that is truly what is intended to be asked by this quest, then I am turning it off and will not be answering it again. This is entirely redundant information — StreetComplete already asks whether or not there is tactile paving on each curb — and it doesn’t seem to align with the OSM Wiki description of how to tag crossings, either. I’ll let y’all figure it out.

I will not be dealing with your attitude further. Goodbye.

I am following standards set by OpenSidewalks. If you have a problem with their practices, please take it up with them.

You are also commenting from another city, decrying a standard we are already following here.

MxxCon, please stop being judgemental here.

Which is what I have been doing.

You got that wrong, and everything you tagged that way. It’s exactly what you don’t think it is.

Actually, it’s correct, and your hostility is not appreciated.

tactile_paving=*

On a pedestrian crossing highway=crossing, when the tactile paving is used in a line all across the crossing. Do not use tactile_paving=* on the way when only the two spots where the footway ends are paved differently.

Your opinion is noted, but I will not be modifying my process.

I haven’t seen any other proposal for how to do it, and I’d rather defer to the organization that has the expertise in how to make the data useful for routing for people with different needs.

As for naming, I am following the convention that was already started in my area.