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

[isstatenisland at tutanota.com]

Not good to assume every road is asphalt.

Here's another example. Morton Street, just next to the Hudson River between Greenwich Street and West Street, is "sett" (cobblestone?): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/468414633 This isn't exactly a trivial street either.

Jan 16, 2021, 00:15 by talk-us at openstreetmap.org:

> Jan 14, 2021, 15:51 by jmapb at gmx.com:
>
>> [Sorry, somehow accidentally sent this to the tagging list...]
>>
>> On 1/14/2021 3:10 AM, Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-us 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?
>>>
>>
>> Certainly not safe to assume this. Offhand cobblestone, brick, and
>> concrete are pretty easy to find. I wouldn't be surprised to find gravel
>> or compacted roads in the outer parts of the outer boroughs.
>>
>> Famously there's still one dirt "road" in Manhattan (actually an
>> alley... with too many access tags, it seems)
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/386951769
>>
> Thanks for reply! I reverted most of edits from user
> who misused StreetComplete for edits not based
> on a survey.
>
> Not all due to edit conflicts - given that
> it was guessing not a malicious damage I decided
> to not bother with untangling them.
>
> If someone spots edits done using StreetComplete
> and not based on survey - please, at least request
> in changeset comments to stop damage
> (preferably also revert them).
>
> Note: in very rare cases SC may have gigantic bounding boxes
> with actual survey (no internet connection between making
> edit and long-distance travel and next edit and upload),
> ask in changeset comments if situation is unclear.
>

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