[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - trafficability

[BGNO BGNO]

2014/1/13 Ronnie Soak <chaoschaos0909 at googlemail.com>:
>
>>
>> In contrast, if the information that the road can be passed by off
>> road vehicles is given by local people
>> then it is probably very reliable. It is not interpretation, it is
>> experience.
>
>
> If these local people are somewhat responsible, their answer could only be:
> "It depends".
>
> As mentioned numerous times in this thread already, the '' trafficability"
> depends a great deal on the exact specifications of your vehicle as well as
> other, external factors.
>
> As we can't have a tag for every vehicle (and yes, the exact height of the
> air intake alone can make the difference),
> and hopefully are also never trying to tag for every weather condition,
> we simply CAN'T tag trafficability.
>
> The only thing we can tag is physical properties of the road.
>
> Anectotal evidence: while driving around Iceland in a Suzuki Jimny
> (technically a 4x4),
> I was "allowed" to use any road. Asking locals if I would be actually able
> to take those roads always involved
> a very critical look to my car, half an our of explanation about the dangers
> of the road ahead,
> an impromtu weather forecast an a final "Just try how far you can get."
>
> I would never try to tag that half hour of prose into an OSM key.
>

The information which people gave me about the mentioned 20km long
road was: Yes you can use the road with a regular car if it doesn't
rain. I think it is practicable to tag that information into OSM. How
would you tag that based on physical models?

Cheers,
BGNO