[OSM-talk] tagging suitability for use by race bikes to roads

[Ari Torhamo]

ke, 2008-05-07 kello 20:13 +0100, Chris Hill kirjoitti:
> gr_osm at gmx.de wrote: 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I would like to use osm to tag the appropriateness for use by road racing bicycles to roads. I have searched the mailing list and the wiki, but found no suitable commonly accepted tag.
> > 
> > Riding on a road by a racing bike is not just a matter of surface quality but also a matter of traffic density and maybe other factors. Because of that, I believe a new tag like "racebiking"="excellent","good","poor" or "avoid" would be a good way to express this property of the road.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> > 
> > Regards
> >   Gerriet
> > 
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> >   
> Interesting idea, but you need to come up with a more objective
> measure.  My idea of good might be your idea of poor.  How could you
> measure your criteria or define them so others will come to the same
> result?

There surely would be differing opinions on what grades give, but it's
hard to imagine that there generally would be as much difference as you
suggest - same road being viewed as either poor or good. Grading
probably works better, when its mostly done by people who know the
subject well - as I guess would be the case here. Anyway, for grading to
work, good guidelines would be a must.

It would be interesting to see some experimenting to happen with
grading. That would be the best way to find out how it works :-) Not to
be misunderstood, I don't think that widespread grading of things would
work well (if it would work well at all). If taken to use, it probably
should be applied only to some selected objects, and after discussion. 

Regards,

Ari Torhamo