If I export a section of open street map to OSM format how can I find the curb lines for the streets it shows? e.x. at this URL: https://www.openstreetmap.org/export#map=19/40.66848/-73.94072 I found this data for "President Street" (replacing "<" with "[") [way id="250220325" visible="true" version="1" changeset="19296424" timestamp="2013-12-05T21:03:43Z" user="Rub21_nycbuildings" uid="1781294"] [nd ref="2567030383"/] [nd ref="2567030387"/] [nd ref="2567030377"/] [nd ref="2567030367"/] [nd ref="2567030359"/] [nd ref="2567030357"/] [nd ref="2567030369"/] [nd ref="2567030379"/] [nd ref="2567030385"/] [nd ref="2567030390"/] [nd ref="2567030692"/] [nd ref="2567030689"/] [nd ref="2567030871"/] [nd ref="2567030874"/] [nd ref="2567030988"/] [nd ref="2567030964"/] [nd ref="2567030675"/] [nd ref="2567030670"/] [nd ref="2567030383"/] [tag k="addr:housenumber" v="1419"/] [tag k="addr:postcode" v="11213"/] [tag k="addr:street" v="President Street"/] [tag k="building" v="yes"/] [tag k="height" v="9.2"/] [tag k="nycdoitt:bin" v="3033440"/] [/way] I understand that each node ([nd]) corresponds to a node with latitude/longitude but these are just down the center of the street. How can I find the nodes of the EDGE of the street? asked 05 Feb '16, 01:47  gorinsystems |
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You cannot. With the exception of pedestrian areas and some experimental road-area mapping in Germany, OSM only ever maps the street centreline and not the curb. The maps you see will draw the street using a line width that is derived from the street type ( answered 05 Feb '16, 06:40  Frederik Ramm ♦ You can probably contact your local government planning office, they will likely have a copy of the cadastre, which includes the curb line. (05 Feb '16, 08:35) Lightsider |
BTW, the example you gave is actually a building at 1419 President Street, not the street itself.