[OSM-talk] Rendering of tracktype

[Rainer Dorsch]

Am Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2008 schrieb Richard Fairhurst:
> Frank Sautter wrote:
> > i agree with you!
> > my idea of how this should be rendered is:
> > grade1: just like highway=service
> > [...]
>
> It's worth noting that tracktype is not a universally welcome tag - a
> lot of people think having an arbitrary scale isn't very "OSM-like",
> and that it's better to tag specific characteristics. We don't
> necessarily have anything better, of course.
>

I agree. In particular it does not reflect the diameter of the stones on the 
track. Having a track with large "rocks" (as it happens often in the Alps) or 
very small stones certainly makes a difference when you ride with your 
bike....Nevertheless the tracktype information is much more useful than just 
knowing it is a track.

Thanks,
Rainer


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