[Tagging] Whispering asphalt

[Yuri Astrakhan]

Well, one use case would be for property shoppers to find an area with the
quieter asphalt.  But yes, all this is a bit far fetched.

On the other hand, I do not want to restrict people from mapping whatever
interesting information they know, as long as that information is in
standardized-ish format that is easy to consume, and does not break
existing consumers

On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 5:53 PM Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2 May 2019 at 22:43, Tobias Wrede <list at tobias-wrede.de> wrote:
>
>> I would question to use any qualification at all. Whatever is now called
>> a quiet/whispering/noise reducing asphalt will have become a standard in
>> a couple of years and then a new type even more noise reducing will have
>> been invented. Will we then have
>> noise_reducing_surface=no|little|yes|yes_yes|definitely_yes?
>>
>
> If we need this tag (I have my doubts) then the only sane way of handling
> that would be
> something like noise_reduction_db=* where the figure is relative to a
> "normal" surface
> (e.g., smooth concrete) measured at some specified distance.  I'll leave
> it to the
> specialists to come up with those conditions.
>
> I really doubt we need it.  People are unlikely to choose a minimum-noise
> route even if
> their satnav offered the option, not if it means the journey is longer or
> slower.  People
> living nearby who are actually affected by road noise will know whether
> they have a loud
> road or a quiet one without our help.  We won't be able to tell if the tag
> applies from
> satellite imagery.  It will be hard to verify unless a community proudly
> puts up signs
> announcing they've spent money on such a surface.  OTOH, people tag things
> like
> this just because they can, so we'll probably have to come up with
> something sane here
> before people make tags up at random.
>
> --
> Paul
>
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