@mvexel: In places where roads are the primary development (like US cities, as you note), sidewalk=* allows for simpler (and thus hopefully more plentiful) tagging, even though this would put more work on data consumers; where footways are not necessarily next to roadways e.g. ( osm.org/#map=18/50.09163/14.38893 ), keeping separate geometries is better.

Interesting. Maybe try asking that at https://help.openstreetmap.org/ - more people read that site than OSM blogs :)

For such cases, the JOSM editor is very helpful: it has a relation editor GUI which shows you gaps in relations.

Cool!

Btw, I know nothing of mapping in India - is it common to have traffic signals as landmarks? (the Chenthitta Signal in SE corner of the map)

Note that some sidewalks are mapped separately from the vehicular road - not sure if that’s a significant issue in U.S. data, but might generate false negatives where mapped this way.

Great insights - and a great story to boot! :)

Vielleicht schauen Sie hier (links): osm.org/note/474329#map=18/48.13135/11.55031

Added some more; now it’s at least a bit continuous, albeit not quite smooth. BTW: do you know if this is a pond on a stream that flows into Pine Creek, or is it an oxbow of the creek? osm.org/way/397068005

IMNSHO, the mapping density varies greatly from one country to another, even within Europe (e.g. Germany seems mapped well, Spain to a lesser extent). Since you have mentioned Google - I think it’s the integration between various services that’s the main attraction: have an appointment? Here’s your map, and here’s the traffic (one thing that’s hard to do with OSM).

Nice! Did you consider getting the tracks rendered e.g. using GraphHopper? osm.org/directions?engine=graphhopper_bicycle&route=48.5264%2C17.1365%3B48.5011%2C17.2110#map=14/48.5138/17.1738

Well, this is an ambitious project for sure. Perhaps another in the area would be “river tracing” - looking south of Pinedale, the Green River seems to disappear in places. I have traced the main water course for a bit, will continue later.