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<div style="16px" text-align="left">Some cases of lit=yes are clear (direct lighting of street/footway by lamps)<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Some cases of lit=no are clear (no lighting whatsoever)<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">But in cities there is also often strong or weak ambient light, for example:<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">- carriageway is directly lit with so powerful light that spillover light<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">makes footway well lit - clearly lit=yes<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">- spillover light is quite dim but enough to comfortably walk - also lit=yes<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">- there is some ambient light, but not enough to walk without own<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">source of light - lit=no<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">- there is an ambient light, one can carefully walk, but only slowly,<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">people with poor eyesight needs their own source of light - lit=no (?)<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Overall, I am considering adding to <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:lit">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:lit</a><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">recommendation to consider "is it necessary to bring your own light source to see it properly"<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">as recommended threshold for footways/paths.<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">Any problems with that or ideas for a better threshold between lit=yes and lit=no?<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left"><br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">disclaimer: I am trying to make lit=yes/no definition more precise as part of my grant<br></div><div style="16px" text-align="left">https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny/diary/368849<br></div> </body>
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