Well, technically, most places in the U.S. always give pedestrians the right of way over cars on all surface streets always, even when jaywalking (even when jaywalking is unlawful). What I was referring to is little nuances like whether a car has to wait for the pedestrian to finish crossing, stuff that would be tedious to tag explicitly, since the laws are literally tied to the existence of a certain color or pattern of paint.
crossing=unmarked or crossing:markings=no means that something besides a marking informs us of a crossing, whether crossing:signals=yes, a kerb=lowered on both sides, signs, or whatever else might be possible in a given jurisdiction. It isn’t an arbitrary judgment on the part of the mapper; that’s the point I’m trying to make in this thread:
Sometimes a marking coincides with a crossing by coincidence, or sometimes there’s a local distinction between “proper” crossing markings and safety aids that are also painted. I figure each country would come to a reasonable conclusion about whether that distinction exists locally.