[Tagging] paved=yes/no

Nathan Edgars II neroute2 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 19 09:53:31 BST 2010


On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Richard Mann
<richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com> wrote:
> There's a bit of a grey area for well-maintained unsealed paths/roads,
> but the binary paved=yes/no doesn't really help. I tend to use other
> clues - that it's got a higher road classification, or is flagged as
> being part of a cycle route. It wouldn't hurt if there was a value for
> "well-maintained unsealed", perhaps surface=graded?

I don't know if the term is used in the UK, but US maps going back to
the 1920s (example: http://www.mapsofpa.com/art9pics/1926-2309-2.jpg)
have shown "improved" unpaved roads differently from "unimproved"
roads.




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