[talk-au] Adding river crossings to Guidelines "road quality

[Ian Steer]

I would not like to see anyone presume that a hiker, mountain-biker or horse
rider could not forward a river.  Anyone tackling that kind of country is
probably prepared to do just that, and it might upset their map routing
planning by assuming they can't.  Adding to the chances of them fording
these creeks/rivers is that they are intermittent and might even be dry at
the time of year they are planning their trip.  Ditto for "non-extreme"
4WDs.

Please don't restrict the map unnecessarily.

Regards

Ian


> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:06:05 +1000
> From: Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
> To: OSM-Au <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: [talk-au] Adding river crossings to Guidelines "road quality
> 	/ 4wd-only"?
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> Cleared a note to add a ford / river-crossing to a road in Cape York:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1025490234, & added both a "ford"
> node, & also changed the actual river crossing to a track with 4wd only &
> similar tags.
> 
> Wondering if we should include those sort of details in the Guidelines? eg
> 
> 4wd_only=extreme
> 
> bicycle=no
> 
> foot=no
> 
> highway=track
> 
> horse=no
> 
> motor_vehicle=yes
> 
> smoothness=horrible
> 
> tracktype=grade8
> 
> & possibly even hazard=wild_animals + animals=crocodile!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Graeme