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

[Florian Lohoff]

On Sat, Aug 24, 2013 at 02:05:51AM +0100, Lester Caine wrote:
> No footpaths, lights, tarmac or road markings but freely available to drive along.

I have been to African countrys where even primarys dont have lights,
tarmac or road markings - still they are primary roads, officially
on the maps.

Classification of roads only mean something to their appearence in local
context. This is the reason there is no highway=unpaved - It might
be a long distance primary or a service road. This would make
a huge difference in routing preference.

Classification e.g. highway= is meant to be used for routing
preferences, whereas additional tags may describe the physical
representation of the road. That this is not yet visually shown
in the maps is bad luck but no reason to abuse the track.

> It's a track ... but the current definition prevents it's use.
> Adding other tags to 'service' is wrong as well as its servicing
> anywhere, and unclassified has a similar incongruity. Many of them
> have been at least hardcored, but even then 'road' just seems too
> grand a title for a track.

Flo
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Florian Lohoff                                                 f at zz.de
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