[OSM-talk] highway=unsurfaced

[David Earl]

On 01/10/2007 10:15, Mike Collinson wrote:
> I agree with Tapio.  highway=xxxx, surface=paved/unpaved has been on the 
> Map Features page and well used for a long time now.  By all means have a render 
> rule for a depreciated highway=unsurfaced but it has no place on the Map Features 
> page and is just plain confusing for any country that has unsurfaced roads in its 
> system.  

Given this discussion, I'd like to change my
   highway=track
   abutters=residential
which I had used for (quite a large number of) unsurfaced residential 
roads, to
   highway=residential
   surface=unpaved

However, I'm reluctant to do this unless the rendering supports it too. 
Does it already notice these?

If not, can mapnik and osmarender be changed to do something to 
distinguish the surface=unpaved? Perhaps a dashed instead of solid edge? 
(That would work for highway=secondary+surface=unpaved as well, whereas 
rendering unsurfaced's like highway=track wouldn't).

David