JOSM Sidewalks

Installation

JOSM Preferences → Plugins → sidewalks

Usage

Automatic crossing ways

Enter the mode via Mode → Sidewalk Mode.

Once in the mode, you can start mapping sidewalks. It works in a similar manner to the Draw mode with some special actions for sidewalks. Of specific note:

• When adding nodes to a way with highway=footway, if the footway crosses a road and is sufficiently short, a crossing way will be created. It is recommended to put a node where the sidewalk stops and starts on either side of the road.

Synchronizing keys between crossing ways and nodes

When adding tags to a crossing way or node, common crossing tags will be copied from the edited way or node to the attached node or way. Current keys that are synchronized:

• bicycle
• crossing
• crossing:continuous
• crossing:markings
• crossing:signals
• crossing_ref
• cycleway
• flashing_lights
• horse
• traffic_signals:sound
• traffic_signals:vibration

Parallel way creation

Data → Create parallel sidewalks

This just creates parallel ways to a highway. It is recommended to check the geometry of the highway before using this tool.

Useful overpass queries

Count and length of sidewalks touched by a user after a set date in an area

// Count and length of all sidewalks touched in Mesa County by vorpalblade after April 1 2024
[out:json][timeout:25];
{{geocodeArea:"Mesa County, Colorado, United States"}}->.searchArea;
way["highway"="footway"](newer:"2024-04-01T00:00:00Z")(user_touched:vorpalblade)(area.searchArea);
make stat number=count(ways),length=sum(length());
out;

Explanation:

• [out:json][timeout:25]: Set the output to json, timeout after 25 seconds
• {{geocodeArea:"Mesa County, Colorado, United States"}}->.searchArea;: Set the search area to Mesa County, Colorado
• way["highway"="footway"]: Find footways
  • (newer:"2024-04-01T00:00:00Z"): Filter footways that were touched after April 01, 2024
  • (user_touched:vorpalblade): Filter footways that were touched by the user vorpalblade
  • (area.searchArea): Filter footways to only be inside the search area
• make stat number=count(ways),length=sum(length());: Output a count of the ways (count(ways)) and the sum of the length of those ways (sum(length()))
• out: Output the json

Sample Query (you'll have to hit show data)

Advanced preferences

Preference	Default value	Description
sidewalk.crossing.kerb.tags	[{}]	Any additional tags to add to the kerb node
sidewalk.crossing.kerb	true	If true, add kerb tags to crossing nodes connected to sidewalks
sidewalk.crossing.maxlength	30	The maximum length for a crossing way
sidewalk.crossing.node.maxdistance	6	Attempt to merge nodes with crossing tags at most this distance (m) away when creating crossing nodes
sidewalk.crossing.node.dupedistance	1	Attempt to merge nodes at most this distance (m) away when creating crossing nodes
sidewalk.crossing.sync	true	If true, synchronize tags between the crossing way and the crossing node

License

GPLv2 or any later version