[Tagging] track smoothness/quality

[brad]

I see tracktype as redundant with Surface, also very subjective, and not 
useful.   Smoothness is very useful.

On 7/7/19 7:41 PM, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
> No.
>
> While tracktype= has some issues, smoothness= is more subjective and 
> less generally useful.
>
> Surface= is very helpful and more objective, so it should be 
> mentioned,but I believe it is already suggested on most of the minor 
> highway, path and track pages.
>
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 10:24 AM brad <bradhaack at fastmail.com 
> <mailto:bradhaack at fastmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Do we have close to a consensus that tracktype is not globally
>     useful?
>     The Key:highway wiki page and map_features could be changed from
>     "To describe the quality of a track, see tracktype
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype>=*.:
>     to
>     "To describe the quality of a track, use smoothness=* and
>     surface=*.   In some regions tracktype is also useful."
>
>
>
>     On 7/7/19 3:12 AM, Warin wrote:
>>
>>     There is a visibility tag.
>>
>>     So 'tracktype' should have that removed from its consideration.
>>
>>     Maintenance frequency ? Yet another tag. And not something all
>>     that usefull.
>>
>>     I don't think 'tracktype' is all that usefull.
>>
>>     Surface .. yes. Relatively easy to understand.
>>     Smoothness ... yes. Should give an indication of required ground
>>     clearance.
>>     Steepness? Yes - the tag is incline.
>>
>>     Compaction? Not a value I'd use.
>>     Bear rock that have never been compacted can be harder that a
>>     road that has been compacted.
>>     Rather have a tag for 'hardness' that 'compaction'.
>>
>>     But when it rains .. it can turn a 'good road' (compacted, hard,
>>     smooth and fairly level) into a bottomless pit (deep mud), or a
>>     skating ring (wet clay).
>>
>>     And then there are Australian 'salt lakes' .. a dry hard crust on
>>     top .. with black goo underneath if you break through.
>
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