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<div>It seems that we have no good value to mark surface of path of rocky paths.<br></div><div><br></div><div>surface=gravel fits for surface of small rocks (almost always man made, though<br></div><div>especially in mountains some may be of a natural origin)<br></div><div><br></div><div>surface=fine_gravel fits for small gravel<br></div><div><br></div><div>surface=unhewn_cobblestone =sett =paving_stones for processed rocks<br></div><div><br></div><div>surface=ground is not specific at all (though sometimes useful to avoid splitting<br></div><div>way into 191919 parts)<br></div><div><br></div><div>suface=earth / dirt for exposed soil<br></div><div>surface=mud for exposed soil that is typically full of water<br></div><div><br></div><div>But it seems that we have no tag for exposed rock that ends as surface of path.<br></div><div>It is typical on mountainous trails. See for example:<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bare_Rock_Trail_Surface_at_Lake_Roland.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bare_Rock_Trail_Surface_at_Lake_Roland.jpg</a><br></div><div><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krywan.JPG">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krywan.JPG</a><br></div><div><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krywan_podejscie.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krywan_podejscie.jpg</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>surface=rock<br></div><div>surface=bare_rock (????)<br></div><div><br></div><div>there is also case of surface made of unprocessed rocks (typically on trails<br></div><div>with heavy use to protect area from erosion and tourists from mud)<br></div><div><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hrebienok10Slovakia5.JPG">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hrebienok10Slovakia5.JPG</a><br></div><div><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trail_in_Tatra_mountains_paved_with_local_rocks.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trail_in_Tatra_mountains_paved_with_local_rocks.jpg</a><br></div><div>surface=rock? other tag?<br></div><div><br></div><div>(some time ago I floated idea of using surface=unhewn_cobblestone for them,<br></div><div>but it was not liked by anyone - <br></div><div>see <a href="https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=703751#p703751">https://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?pid=703751#p703751</a> )<br></div> </body>
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