[OSM-talk] Rendering of tracktype

Karl Newman siliconfiend at gmail.com
Thu Jun 12 19:34:06 BST 2008


On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Tag:highway=track and the map
>> features mentioned track is only for unpaved/unsealed roads. To me it looks
>> like it was approved like that, so please don't "fix" approved descriptions
>> before having a discussion and a vote first...
>>
>
> Map Features is not a page that documents what has been voted upon; Map
> Features is a page that documents what is used.
>
> If something enters Map Features through a vote, and is subsequently used
> in a different way, it is perfectly ok to change Map Features to reflect
> that, without initiating a voting process.
>
> Since the combination highway=track/tracktype=grade1 is widely used, and
> tracktype=grade1 is described as "paved or heavily compacted hardcore",
> there obviously *are* tracks with paved surface, so changing Map Features to
> reflect that is perfectly ok; necessary, even.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>

So now I decide that since I drive really fast down my driveway, I should
call it highway=motorway and start tagging driveways that way. Since that's
"how it's used", I'm going to change Map Features to reflect that. Okay,
that's a bit extreme, but really, care should be taken when changing Map
Features since that's what the mappers rely on.

Karl
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