OpenSidewalks

OpenSidewalks (OSW) is an initiative led by the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology (TCAT) at the University of Washington (UW).

OpenSidewalks seeks to provide a specification that is not only compatible with OpenStreetMap but is a comprehensive and accessibility-forward specification for mapping sidewalks and related pedestrian infrastructure features.

OpenSidewalks Schema

The OpenSidewalks Schema is a proposed open pedestrian transportation network data standard which draws from and is intended to be largely compatible with OpenStreetMap data.

OpenSidewalks Tasking Manager

The OpenSidewalks Tasking Manager is a Tasking Manager instance for coordinating contributions to OSM following OSW guidelines, and is open to all OSM users.

Additional details about this organized editing activity can be found on the Organised Editing/Activities/OpenSidewalks page on the OSM Wiki.

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Guides

OpenSidewalks Guides

For a list of all guides on the TCAT Wiki, refer to the Guides List.

OpenSidewalks Schema Guides

Core Edges in OSW

This guide shows how to convert existing sidewalk centerline datasets into OpenSidewalks (OSW) format for upload to the Transportation Data Exchange Initiative (TDEI).

Custom Points in OSW

This guide shows how to add custom non-routable point features (like bus stops) to an OpenSidewalks dataset using the Custom Points entity type.

OpenSidewalks in OpenStreetMap

This guide explains how to make edits to OpenStreetMap following and supporting the OpenSidewalks schema.

OpenSidewalks Tasking Manager Guides

Tasking Manager User Manual

This user manual explains how to use the Tasking Manager platform.

Task Polygon Automation Guide

This guide shows the steps for an automated workflow that generates task polygons for use in Tasking Manager.