Key:sidewalk:both
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Description |
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Indicates the presence or absence of a sidewalk (pavement/footway) along the road. ![]() |
Group: highways |
Used on these elements |
Useful combination |
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See also |
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Status: de facto |
Tools for this tag |
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The sidewalk:both=*
key is similar to sidewalk=*
, but always express values for both sidewalks (or their absence) of a street.
sidewalk:both:
is also a prefix for a set of tags that describe attributes of both sidewalks of a street. See the additional tags section of sidewalk=*
for examples of tags such as sidewalk:both:surface=*
.
It has seen considerable usage as sidewalk:both=separate
.
Values
Value | Description |
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no
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There is no sidewalk on either side of the road. |
yes
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There are sidewalks on both sides of the road, and these are not mapped as separate ways. |
separate
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There are sidewalks on both sides of the road, and both are mapped using separate ways. |
Rationale
This key's most common value sidewalk:both=separate
may express its intent more clearly — i.e., making explicit that a separate highway=footway
is mapped on both sides of the street, whereas sidewalk=separate
may be seen as covering both this as well as the case where a separate sidewalk is mapped on only one side without specifying which side.
Concerns for data consumers
sidewalk:both=*
overrides any value set by sidewalk=*
, but is in turn overridden by the more specific sidewalk:left=*
and sidewalk:right=*
; although mixing these is discouraged.