[Talk-us] Is it safe to assume that every single road in New York City is surface=asphalt?

[Eric Ladner]

From: Key:surface - OpenStreetMap Wiki
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface>

"For roads for motor vehicles there there is normally an assumption that
the surface is surface=paved
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:surface%3Dpaved> unless otherwise
stated"

and paved is defined as:

"A feature that is predominantly paved; i.e., it is covered with paving
stones, concrete or bitumen. This value gives only a rough description; use
a more precise value if possible."

Personally, I'd think that surface=asphalt should be the default since 95%
of the roads are asphalt and tagging a couple million roads with
"surface=asphalt" probably doesn't add a lot of information to the map.
 Concrete/cobbles/etc. are the exception, not the rule, and tagging them
specifically does add information.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 2:31 AM Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-us <
talk-us at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> I encountered case where mapper assumed based on their old visit that
> every single road in New York City is definitely surface=asphalt and
> mapped them this way.
>
> Is it safe to assume this? Is such edit OK or something to be reverted?
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