[HOT] Roads, driving & Wiki | Re: Thank you from MSF!

[Ralf Bernhardt]

I change these things from time to time. :)

https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/rab/history

But my question is still why the organizations that pretend to use OSM
data don't help with troubleshooting.

Ralf

On 12.04.19 15:01, Rory McCann wrote:
> On 05/04/2019 20:10, Ralf Bernhardt wrote:
>> There are many POIs I would like to see on Openstreetmap too, also
>> boundarys and place names.
>
> These can, and are, added to OSM. 🙂
>
>> I also noticed a different tagging scheme: Car, Moto and Foot. I
>> would guess that Roads not passable for a car but by foot and moto
>> should be highway=path in OSM.
>
> Wikipedia's goal is a "Neutral Point of View", OSM's is "No
> Point of View", to only store objective things, to never store
> subjective things. "This road is not passable by a car" depends a lot on
> the type of car! A 4x4 Land Rover can drive on roads a Porsche sports
> car can't. We tag _legal_ restrictions on roads ("Cars are not
> legally permitted to drive here"), since everyone agrees on that.
>
> There is a `tracktype` key (
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype ) with 5 values for
> how smooth/wellmaintained the road/track is. You can also map the
> `surface` and `width` of roads. There are some less popular tags that
> might be useful to you like `4wd_only=yes/no`, `sac_scale` or
> `mtb:scale`.
>
>> Is there a reason for that or will you change them later?
>
> OSM is a map made by everyone, including you (if you want). 🙂 Don't be
> afraid to correct mistakes in OSM, don't be afraid to make OSM better if
> you see something that should be improved. It's wiki, open to
> everyone. 🙂 Please feel free to change it yourself. 🙂
>
> Rory
>
>
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