[OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

[Jean-Marc Liotier]

On 23/08/2013 16:16, Alex Barth wrote:
> The absence of a style for surface=unpaved leads to a very common 
> misunderstanding and large amounts of roads mistagged

That is overwhelmingly the case for Africa - while there are some actual 
tracks there, there is a large number of unclassified unpaved roads and 
even residential ones that are modeled as tracks.

Rendering ways with surface=(ground|dirt|gravel|sand) with a distinctive 
texture would probably encourage those well-meaning contributors to 
correct tagging.