[HOT] paths, tracks and unclassified in West Africa

[john whelan]

I like the idea of using the source tag for highways that are tagged for
more importance than unclassified.  As has been stated before most HOT
mappers will be using a small subset of the highway tags.

Cheerio John

On 16 July 2015 at 16:43, Steve Bower <steve at worldvista.net> wrote:

> One issue with using only a "verified" tag is that you would still have
> different tag definitions for "rough/remote" mapping vs "detailed/verified"
> mapping. That could be confusing. The current 24 "detailed" highway tags
> [1] might distill down to about 5-8 "rough classification" tags, depending
> on the country. (Though a "verified" tag could still be of use.)
>
> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway
>
> ~~Steve
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:42 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> No, sounds too simple and sensible.
>>
>> Cheerio John
>>
>> On 16 July 2015 at 13:22, Tom Taylor <tom.taylor.stds at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Why not the source tag? If it indicates survey or local knowledge
>>> instead of or as well as remote imagery, credibility is  improved.
>>>
>>> Tom Taylor
>>>
>>> On 16/07/2015 1:02 PM, john whelan wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think a two tiered system would work well.  Officialverified=yes
>>>> perhaps?  I don't think rendering is an issue.  Certainly I've seen JOSM
>>>> used to render or view maps on a lap top for an area.  I was quite
>>>> surprised but the person said an off line map was easily searchable and
>>>> you could select and see all the tags.
>>>>
>>>> Cheerio John
>>>>
>>>> On 16 July 2015 at 11:13, Steve Bower <steve at worldvista.net
>>>> <mailto:steve at worldvista.net>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     A fundamental problem is that the current road/path tagging scheme
>>>>     does not distinguish between:
>>>>
>>>>        •"rough" tagging used for remote mapping during activations, and
>>>>        •"detailed" tagging based on local knowledge.
>>>>
>>>>     Current tags are used for both, which leads to confusion since the
>>>>     custom "activation" definition may differ somewhat from the
>>>>     "permanent" definition. Also, there is future confusion since the
>>>>     level of detail (local knowledge) is not recorded.
>>>>
>>>>     A 2-tier scheme could solve that, with separate tags for "rough"
>>>>     tagging, and "detailed" tags based on local knowledge.
>>>>
>>>>     Another solution would be a separate tag recording the level of
>>>>     certainty or verification, but a 2-tier scheme might be easier to
>>>>     manage and to render.
>>>>
>>>>     ~~Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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