Sidewalk survey · Ortigas Center, Pasig

Sapphire Rd → Onyx Rd

One phone video, measured metre by metre with two off-the-shelf vision models and no training. Each strip below is one attribute of the sidewalk, laid along the metres walked; every measurement is filed at the spot it describes, not where the camera stood.

Along the walk

Hover or drag across the strips to see the spot. Arrow keys step a metre (Shift: 10).

What stood out

For half this walk there is no sidewalk. After a wet sidewalk and a wide driveway apron (0 to 23 s) and a short, narrow stretch between utility poles (24 to 30 s), you walk on asphalt along a long green construction hoarding from 30 to 72 s. There are parking-bay markings and loose bollards, and no shade at all. The model's "road" call is right here.

Then a strip that barely counts. From 72 to 102 s, past a covered food-stall area, the walkable surface is a narrow strip under palm trees with a yellow curb line marking the road edge. You're in the road for much of it, with puddles at 99 to 105 s. Where the strip exists, it's about 0.8 to 1 m wide, with a pole in the middle at 99 s.

A real sidewalk along the office buildings. From 105 to 150 s it's tiled and 1 to 4 m wide. The clear path is pinched by utility poles, planters, yellow-and-black bollards and guards standing at building entrances (poles in the walking line at 111 to 141 s).

The best stretch is short. From 150 to 168 s, a red-tiled sidewalk 1.6 to 2.3 m wide has a railing between you and traffic. The walk ends crossing an intersection and two zebra crossings (169 to 195 s). From the video alone I can't tell whether the corner curbs at 192 to 195 s have ramps.

The distance is probably short. The video's estimate is 188 m. Placing the walk on the map will correct it.

Firming it up

    How each strip is measured

    StripHow it is measuredTrust
    Every metre as a table
    PositionTime of dayUnderfootClear widthWhole sidewalkGap to trafficRailingIn the wayOverhead coverSunSlope