[Tagging] Whispering asphalt

[Peter Elderson]

Whenever the quali ...-reducing is used, I know the stuff or thing actually produces ... where ... is bad. 

Mvg Peter Elderson

> Op 2 mei 2019 om 23:52 heeft Paul Allen <pla16021 at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> 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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