[Tagging] Mapping cave tunnels passable by human

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Sorry, it was supposed to be "using highway as key also for private roads".


2014-08-14 12:40 GMT+02:00 Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at gmail.com>:

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> 2014-08-14 12:31 GMT+02:00 Martin Vonwald <imagic.osm at gmail.com>:
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> 2014-08-14 12:25 GMT+02:00 André Pirard <A.Pirard.Papou at gmail.com>:
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>>>  On 2014-08-14 11:08, Janko Mihelić wrote :
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>>>  Well first, tunnel=yes is obviously wrong. We need to replace this
>>> with cave=yes. Other than that, I have no problems with this. If a cave has
>>> two cave entrances, then information that they are connected by footpaths
>>> is valuable information.
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>>> Obviously?  Regarding paths and waterways, especially ones fitted up for
>>> tourism, I wonder...
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>> Maybe not completely obvious, but I would agree with Janko. In my
>> opinion, a "tunnel" is man-made, while a "cave" is not.
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> Neither OSM wiki nor Wikipedia restricts it this way. There is even
> section about natural tunnels - see
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel#Natural_tunnels (though caves are
> not mentioned there).
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> Note, I am not a native speaker - maybe it sound terrible, worse than for
> example using highway as tag also for private roads.
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> But I see absolutely no benefit from a completely separate tagging (that
> nobody would support).
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