Foundation/Local Chapters/United States/Pedestrian Working Group

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Announced in February 2024, the Pedestrian Working Group, organized by OpenStreetMap U.S., is composed of volunteers who are collaborating to develop guidelines and tools for detailed pedestrian infrastructure mapping.

Get Involved!

The Pedestrian Working Group meets via Zoom on every third Tuesday of the month from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET (convert). To join those meetings, fill out this OSM US Working Group registration form. Copies of the agendas for each meeting are available at PWG Meetings.

Ongoing discussion also happens on the OSM US Slack. Relevant channels include #sidewalks, and the private channel for the Pedestrian Working Group.

Guidelines

Mapping guidelines in the form of a quick-start guide and full schema are being developed on an ongoing basis, with monthly meetings being held to discuss and refine details.

OSM Wiki Links

Latest Releases

The latest release of the PWG Schema is always available at:

A redirect, PWG Schema, is also available.

The latest release of the PWG Guide is always available at:

A redirect, PWG Guide, is also available.

Draft Pages

Draft pages, which function as collaborative pre-release workspaces for upcoming versions, are always available at:

A redirect, PWG Schema Draft, is also available.

A redirect, PWG Guide Draft, is also available.

Comparisons Tool

The Draft pages may be compared to the main pages to view upcoming changes:

Discussion Pages

The corresponding Discussion pages for the Draft pages, which are used for staging updates and opening discussions on issues and suggestions, are always available at:

A redirect, PWG Schema Talk, is also available.

A redirect, PWG Guide Talk, is also available.

Versioned Snapshots

For each release of the PWG Schema and PWG Guide, versioned snapshot subpages are created:

Templates

The following OSM Wiki templates are maintained in order to direct edits to the appropriate Talk and Draft pages and to propagate links and version history updates to PWG-related OSM Wiki pages:

Tools

Tools to assist with pedestrian infrastructure mapping are being developed, such as:

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