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<div><br></div><div>1 Jan 2020, 08:13 by martin@templot.com:</div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Thanks, but the problem is that landuse=highway is not a valid tag. <br></div></blockquote><div>Why?</div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Voting on it was suspended in 2013 after several votes against, see:<br></div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/landuse%3Dhighway">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/landuse%3Dhighway</a><br></div></blockquote><div>It is ok to use tags that were never voted on<br></div><div>and ones that lost votes.</div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>However, I have discovered that highway=track, *area=yes* is valid - as evidence of that it is rendered on the standard map as a light brown infill<br></div></blockquote><div>This is a misuse of the Standard Map Style.<br></div><div><br></div><div>It is not defining correct use.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(I am author of current road rendering<br></div><div>in this map style, or to be more specific<br></div><div>- person who did last major redesign)<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>betweenthe fences with the existing highway=track as a routable way superimposed over it, in darker brown.<br></div></blockquote><div>This is not an intended use of<br></div><div>highway=track + area=yes,<br></div><div>its valid use is for squares/areas<br></div><div>on highway=track, where vehicles drive in any directions<br></div><div><br></div><div>It is typical in logging camps,<br></div><div>where wood is stored, moved between vehicles,<br></div><div>processed etc.<br></div><div><br></div><div>In case of wide and frequent misuse<br></div><div>rendering of highway=track + area=yes<br></div><div>will be removed to discourage it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>It happened before with highway=proposed<br></div><div>and area rendering for tourism=attraction</div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>It seems odd to have highway=track twice, but if that's what it takes to have a meaningful mapping for an area of land, I'm happy to do it that way. Presumably the developers of the standard map know what they are doing.<br></div></blockquote><div>This is a mapping for renderer and <br></div><div>it is incorrect.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Developer of the Standard Map Style<br></div><div>sending this message is not approving<br></div><div>this kind of tagging.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please use area:highway for road areas<br></div><div>and landuse=highway for area used for<br></div><div>road infrastructure if you want to map this kind of thing.</div> </body>
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