[Talk-ca] OSM

[Richard Weait]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Adam Dunn <dunnadam at gmail.com> wrote:
> In addition to what Frank said, I would also like to point out that
> sac_scale [1] can be useful for hiking trails. If you happen to be into
> mountain biking, the group of mtb: tags are also useful [2]. I'm also in
> favour of using the smoothness tag [3] for forestry/4x4 roads, though there
> is debate about its usage, and I'm waiting to see if surface:condition takes
> over.
>
> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:lanes
> [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mountainbike
> [3] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoothness

I encourage you to use the surface tag with observable / verifiable
values whether you use smoothness or not.

Have a look here at the existing use of the two keys for surface and
smoothness.  Smoothness is used about 13,000 times in the OSM
database. Surface is used over 1,000,000 times.

http://osmdoc.com/en/tag/surface/#values
http://osmdoc.com/en/tag/smoothness/#values

Best regards,
Richard