<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">This is a general issue with _areas_ where the entire area is potentially traversable and would benefit from being tagged as being permissive for vehicular traffic.  In developed areas, this applies to, for instance, large expanses of concrete as in parking lots or tarmacs.  Wondering what a general solution might be for tagging an expanse as generally traversable as opposed to selecting one or another specific path through such a generally traversable area.  Regards --ceyockey</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Pierre BĂ©land" <pierzenh@yahoo.fr><br><b>To: </b>"HOT Discussion list" <hot@openstreetmap.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, October 25, 2014 5:18:41 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [HOT] West Africa Ebola Outbreak - Task Manager job for Kayes,        Mali<br><div><br></div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:13px" data-mce-style="color: #000; background-color: #fff; font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259229"></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260175" dir="ltr"><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en" data-mce-style=""><span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">Upon activation</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">for Mali</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">in early</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">2013,</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260273" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">we</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260274" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">had</span> had to trace the road network in<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260270" style="" class="" data-mce-style=""></span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">sandy</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">areas.</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">Our African colleagues</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">familiar with</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">these conditions</span> at<span style="" class="" data-mce-style=""></span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">the</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">rainy season where</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">the</span> drivers <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260271" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">go in</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260269" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">all directions to</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">avoid</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">the ruts</span><span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">,</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">leave traces</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">that resemble</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260261" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">spaghetti</span><span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">.</span> <br style="" class="" data-mce-style=""><br style="" class="" data-mce-style=""><span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">For mapping</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260262" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">Kayes</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260264" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">, Task</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260265" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">711,</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260266" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">I see this</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260267" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">same situation.</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260268" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">When you</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">trace</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">the</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260282" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">road netwrok, you</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260276" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">need to think about</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260287" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">what is important</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">to represent</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260263" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">among all the</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">traces</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">that you see.</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">If a</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">driver</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">avoids </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260283" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">the center of the</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260280" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">road and</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260284" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">set a new</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260285" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">trace</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260286" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">, then a</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">second, third</span><span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">, etc. or</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">another</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">takes a shortcut</span><span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">,</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">we should not represent all</span><span style="" class="" data-mce-style=""> these</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">derivations on the map.</span> <br style="" class="" data-mce-style=""><br style="" class="" data-mce-style=""><span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">See the example</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">below where</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">the too many</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">traces</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">resembles</span> to <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">spaghetti</span><span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">.</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_260288" style="" class="" data-mce-style="">Be careful</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">and</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">retain</span> <span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">what is significant</span><span style="" class="" data-mce-style="">.</span></span><br><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259229"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259229"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259285" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259229"> <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259228" href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/14.5348/-11.4089" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/14.5348/-11.4089">http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/14.5348/-11.4089</a><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259276" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259192"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259190" class="signature"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259287" style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;" data-mce-style="font-style: italic; color: #0000bf; font-weight: bold;">Pierre <br></span></div><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259187" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 13px;" data-mce-style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1414157227908_259186" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" data-mce-style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>HOT mailing list<br>HOT@openstreetmap.org<br>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot<br></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>