[Talk-GB] Mapping dangerous - but valid - routes

David Woolley forums at david-woolley.me.uk
Mon Dec 5 17:27:59 UTC 2016


On 05/12/16 17:19, Colin Smale wrote:
> This reminds me of "unsuitable for HGVs" which IIRC has been the subject
> of debate in the past. One approach would be "hgv=unsuitable" meaning
> "legally yes but not advised". That seems to be exactly what we need
> here. Perhaps we could have "foot=unsuitable" for this path?
>

Unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles is actual signage on the ground, not 
a subjective judgement by the mapper; such signs really exist.  Allowing 
mappers to map this other than based on signage would encourage NIMBYist 
marking of roads as such.



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