[Tagging] Tagging road illumination quality

[John F. Eldredge]

You could use a light meter to measure how bright the light is. That isn't 
the only factor in the suitability of the lighting, but it is objective.

-- 
John F. Eldredge -- john at jfeldredge.com
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot 
drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.



On January 16, 2015 11:18:33 AM Volker Schmidt <voschix at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to enter illumination quality for bicycle infrastructure
> (cycleways) in OSM.
> This is unfortunately a thorny issue, as there is no easy way to measure in
> an objective way the quality of the illumination.
> Has anyone already looked into this?
> I could invent something along the lines of the smoothness tag, which in my
> view faces a similar problem of not being objectively quantifiable.
> I am thinking of something like lit=no|yes|poor|sufficient|good
>
> Obviously, if it were to work for cycle paths it could also be use for
> other highways.
>
> Any suggestions welcome
>
> Volker
>
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