<div><div dir="auto">No.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">While tracktype= has some issues, smoothness= is more subjective and less generally useful. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Surface= is very helpful and more objective, so it should be mentioned,but I believe it is already suggested on most of the minor highway, path and track pages.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 10:24 AM brad <<a href="mailto:bradhaack@fastmail.com">bradhaack@fastmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Do we have close to a consensus that tracktype is not globally
useful? <br>
The Key:highway wiki page and map_features could be changed from<br>
"To describe the quality of a track, see <tt dir="ltr" class="m_2112013342503164945mw-content-ltr" style="background:#eef;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><u></u><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype" title="Key:tracktype" target="_blank">tracktype</a><u></u>=*</tt>.:<br>
to <br>
"To describe the quality of a track<tt>, use smoothness</tt><tt dir="ltr" class="m_2112013342503164945mw-content-ltr" style="background:#eef;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><u></u><u></u>=*</tt> and surface=*. In
some regions tracktype is also useful."</div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br>
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<div class="m_2112013342503164945moz-cite-prefix">On 7/7/19 3:12 AM, Warin wrote:<br>
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There is a visibility tag.
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So 'tracktype' should have that removed from its consideration.
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Maintenance frequency ? Yet another tag. And not something all
that usefull.
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I don't think 'tracktype' is all that usefull.
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Surface .. yes. Relatively easy to understand.
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Smoothness ... yes. Should give an indication of required ground
clearance.
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Steepness? Yes - the tag is incline.
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Compaction? Not a value I'd use.
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Bear rock that have never been compacted can be harder that a road
that has been compacted.
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Rather have a tag for 'hardness' that 'compaction'.
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But when it rains .. it can turn a 'good road' (compacted, hard,
smooth and fairly level) into a bottomless pit (deep mud), or a
skating ring (wet clay).
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And then there are Australian 'salt lakes' .. a dry hard crust on
top .. with black goo underneath if you break through.
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