[OSM-talk] [tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - 4wd_only

[Peter Körner]

John Smith schrieb:
> --- On Wed, 5/8/09, Peter Körner <osm-lists at mazdermind.de> wrote:
> 
>> But never the less I think if 4wd-only is common in that
>> region, why not 
>> tag it? The more data, the better. But I'm unsure if the
>> renderer should 
>> implement it, as it could just be used in this area,
>> whereas surface=* 
>> can be applied to every way.
> 
> If it's signed as 4WD only, shouldn't that info be rendered to show people that it might not be the best road to travel along?

Yes it should, but as stated above 4WD to *me* it's not telling sth. 
about the quality of the road. To you of course it dose, becouse you 
know this term.

4WD  has a special meaning in your area, while on the other hand, 
surface=* is unambiguous to anyone and in any place around the world.

Peter