[Tagging] include smoothness=* in JOSM presets?

[Bryan Housel]

So I have some thoughts on smoothness…

It’s not a terrible tag.  I think if we just replace “usable by” with “suitable for” on the wiki, it would be a bit better.  We all know that it’s certainly *possible* to take a road bike or inline skates down a pile of rocks, (I do it myself too).  That doesn’t mean the map should suggest a person actually try it just because we insist on sticking to a very *literal* definition of “usable by".  Try to think of people with wheelchairs, strollers, little kids on a bike with training wheels, etc.  

The text descriptions make sense to me.  The pictures can be improved, and I’m happy to help with that — I have good pictures of all the different smoothness types.   How should I proceed with this, just make the change?

Thanks, Bryan



On Sep 1, 2014, at 8:51 AM, Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> First, most of the people using presets (JOSM or ID) don't read the
> wiki. Tags have to be self-explanatory as much as possible.
> And even if you explain that "smoothness=excellent" is for roller
> blade, I know skaters that could use "smoothness=good" ways easily.
> And I'm still waiting some clarifications between "very_bad" and
> "horrible"... We also had long discussions about reducing/simplifying
> the list of values...
> I would also like to see at least one application using it, if any.
> 
>> I am not really happy about it, but I was unable to invent something better and it
>> not as bad as say maxspeed:practical.
> Do we have to choose between bad and worse ?
> As already mentionned, the skater, biker or car driver will have a
> totally different idea/view of what a "good" or "bad" smoothness is
> for his means of transport.
> 
> Pieren
> 
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