MapBox doesn't have information of most of the sidewalks & crosswalks

[shreya-ja]

Android API: 29 Mapbox Maps SDK version: 9.6.1 Mapbox Navigation UI SDK version: 1.5.1

I was exploring MapBox Direction API using Walking profile and experienced the following issue

It has been observed, MapBox Direction API doesn't have an information of most of the sidewalks & crosswalks, and therefore, MapBox doesn't consider nearby walkways during navigation, but we can see that sidewalks & crosswalks are actually present using 3D view in Google Maps.

Steps to trigger behavior

1. Check Chicago's location based on below coordinates
2. Most of the sidewalks & crosswalks information is not available.

Location: Chicago, USA Start Coordinate - 41.884503160906085, -87.62781068288511 [Note: There are lot many routes that doesn't have sidewalks & crosswalks in Mapbox Map]

Expected behavior

Mapbox Map shall have information of sidewalks & crosswalks, in order to provide pedestrian & safer paths while using Mapbox Direction API with Walking profile.

Actual behavior

As Mapbox does not have enough information on sidewalks & crosswalks, therefore, it doesn't consider pedestrian paths while using Mapbox Direction API with Walking profile. Mapbox draws routes on main streets that is more prone to accidents for Walking profile.

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[1ec5]

This is a data issue in OpenStreetMap rather than something specific to the Android navigation SDK. I’ve invited OSM community members to contribute more sidewalks in OSMUS Slack (invite yourself), but unfortunately there’s nothing else we can do in the navigation SDK itself in this repository.