[Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] "Unsurfaced road" and "Byway"?

[Mike Collinson]

At 11:08 AM 16/12/2007, Abigail Brady wrote:
>On Dec 16, 2007 9:37 AM, Mike Collinson <<mailto:mike at ayeltd.biz>mike at ayeltd.biz> wrote:
>An unsurfaced road should simply be a road with the surface tag set:
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>highway=secondary
>surface=unpaved
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>That's not to say some non-Map Features tags are being supported. If so, I've never heard of either of them and suggest not using them. "Byway" is probably for UK as it has a specific legal meaning there. 
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>Whether it be a good decision or bad, highway=unsurfaced *is* on map_features.

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought I knew that page by heart so I checked and found it was added by user Steve8 on 30th September.  It has not gone through the consultative and voting process so I'd like to remove it unless anyone has any objections?  I can see that it has limited value inside in parts of Europe were such things are not common, but confusing for anyone else. No harm in using it, but it should not be on Map Features. <gets off high horse>

Mike
Stockholm 
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