[Tagging] tagging "loose" paving stones

Anne-Karoline Distel annekadistel at web.de
Sat Feb 17 18:52:46 UTC 2024


Judging from those photographs, they would be material=sett, but the
surface is not the same, as I said, the stones have some room to wiggle,
there is no filler in between the stones.

On 17/02/2024 18:41, Yves via Tagging wrote:
> Surface=Paved is generic. Maybe you're talking about cobblestone?
> <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/tordanik-once-again-about-sett-and-cobblestone/85564>
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> Le 17 février 2024 18:19:06 GMT+01:00, Anne-Karoline Distel via
> Tagging <tagging at openstreetmap.org> a écrit :
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>     I'm not sure I'm understanding the differences between
>     surface=sett and surface=paved or if what I'm trying to map is
>     covered by either. Where I live, there are some streets that are
>     paved, but the stones aren't set firmly, so they wobble a bit when
>     you drive/ cycle over them. It is perfectly safe, but it allows
>     rainwater to drain quicker, at least I think that is the reason
>     for this type of paving. It sounds a bit like a xylophone (well,
>     lithophone, I guess), when going over them. Considering climate
>     change and the higher likelihood of flooding etc, it would be
>     important to map the difference between paved streets that don't
>     allow for quick drainage and these loosely paved streets. There is
>     probably some technical term for it. So, in short: Do we have a
>     tagging scheme for those or not? Anne
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