[Tagging] Default values for surface by road category and country

[yo paseopor]

In Europe I think.
In other countries of other continents there's no pavement on all the main
highways.

OSM is "universal" so the scheme should not have values by default asking
only one part of the World

Salut i mapes (Health and Maps)
yopaseopor

On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 1:53 PM Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I believe all highway= values are assumed to be paved by default (in most
> places) except for highway=track. But it’s best to always add a tag, even
> for paved roads, if you know.
>
> (In some rural and wilderness areas it’s likely that most minor roads,
> footways and paths are unpaved, but explicit tags are still needed. I
> always try to add at least surface=paved or =unpaved when mapping from
> aerial imagery here in Indonesia)
>
> Joseph
>
> On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 at 6:43 PM Jez Nicholson <jez.nicholson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Do you mean the default values in a particular piece of software, e.g. iD?
>>
>> On Sat, 21 Sep 2019, 11:06 Volker Schmidt, <voschix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to figure out where the surface default values by road
>>> category and country are defined.
>>> Anyone who knows more about the subject?
>>>
>>>
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