[Talk-us] Unpaved streets

[Paul Fox]

richard wrote:
 > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Paul Fox<pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us> wrote:
 > > let me ask a simplifying (for me) question.
 > >
 > > i want to encourage a group of motorcycling friends to help
 > > update OSM so that it accurately reflects road surface, for roads
 > > that are currently undifferentiated in that regard.  the single
 > > most important thing that needs to be captured is whether the
 > > road is paved or not:  this information is missing (or very
 > > incomplete) in every commercial US map that i've seen.
 > 
 > I see why this is of great interest to motorcyclists.

yes.  some of us seek out unpaved roads, some avoid them.  and we
all simply want to know.  :-)

 > 
 > > is it ever wrong to simply add "surface=unpaved"?
 > 
 > It is ideal, generous and very helpful to add surface=unpaved where
 > the data is missing.

great.  thanks!

paul
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 paul fox, pgf at foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 61.5 degrees)