What is the reason behind the rule that highway=footway and footway=sidewalk tags should be used together? Why not only to use footway=sidewalk? sidewalk=something (and have enough values even for standalone sidewalk etc.) only? I must say the tagging system is not simple at all complicated and often even chaotic. chaotic. There is even [some evidence][1] this is not working very well. While I could understand there *may* be valid reasoning behind a more complicated tagging system this in no way makes it easy for new mappers to jump in... [1]: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapping-sidewalks/

What is the reason behind the rule that highway=footway and footway=sidewalk tags should be used together? Why not only use one or the other? footway=sidewalk? I must say the tagging system is not simple at all and often even chaotic. While I could understand there *may* be valid reasoning behind a more complicated tagging system this in no way makes it easy for new mappers to jump in...

What is the reason behind the rule that highway=footway and footway=sidewalk tags should be used together? Why not only use one or the other? I must say the tagging system is not simple at all and often even chaotic. While I could understand there *may* be valid reasoning behind a more complicated tagging system this in no way makes it easy for new mappers to jump in...

What is the reason highway=footway and footway=sidewalk tags should be used together? Why not only use one or the other? I must say the tagging system is not simple at all and often even chaotic. While I could understand there *may* be valid reasoning behind a more complicated tagging system this in no way makes it easy to acquire for new mappers probably.to jump in...

What is the reason highway=footway and footway=sidewalk tags should be used together? Why not only use one or the other? I must say the tagging system is not simple at all and often even chaotic.chaotic. While I could understand there *may* be valid reasoning behind a more complicated tagging system this in no way makes it easy to acquire new mappers probably.

What is the reason highway=footway and footway=sidewalk tags should be used together? Why not only use one or the other? I must say the tagging system is not simple at all and often even chaotic.