[OSM-talk] tag proposal surface=gravel; concrete; dirt; grass

Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Fri Aug 14 14:00:26 BST 2009


2009/8/14 Florian Lohoff <flo at rfc822.org>:
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:31:38AM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> type of ways - I see a lot of bloat coming when people start tagging
>
>
>        access = yes
>        bicycle = yes
>        foot = yes
>        layer = 0
>        maxspeed = 30
>        motorcar = yes
>        motorcycle = yes
>        surface = paved
>        lit = no
>
> And yes - this happends and it happens more and more ... These should
> more or less all be default and a validator should.
>
> I see the problem that there are other regions of the world where
> a paved road is an exception e.g. Madagaskar (CIA Factbook):
>
>        total: 65,663 km
>        paved: 7,617 km
>        unpaved: 58,046 km (2003)
>
> But than make the most common usage the default

+1
Usage implying the state of the maps as of now, or the (expected) end result?

> - this will save gigabytes of storage once we have the World Domination ...

+1
(it's been some time I heard Germans talking about World Domination
;-) - sorry- couldn't resist). Actually looking at the total of road
kilometres in the whole world, I wouldn't be too sure that paved is
the default (in the so far mapped OSM-World it definitely is). For
motorways the situation should be more clear even worldwide.

cheers,
Martin




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