[OSM-talk] Unsealed footways/cycleways/paths and rendering

Fernando Trebien fernando.trebien at gmail.com
Tue Jun 30 05:55:24 UTC 2015


Do you think it is necessary, for the general user, to visually
distinguish unsealed (unpaved/poor surface) footways/cycleways/paths
from those that are sealed? This has been raised in an issue related
to unsealed roads (with focus on motorized traffic) [1].

Unsealed roads will probably get a visual hint when they contain on of
the following tags (please discuss them here or in the appropriate
list [2], not in the issue tracker):

tracktype=grade2/grade3/grade4/grade5
smoothness=bad/very_bad/horrible/very_horrible/impassable
surface=ground/dirt/earth/sand/grass

For typical pedestrians and cyclists, some of these conditions might
be ok. Not so much for wheelchair users, seniors, or people who don't
want to get dirty when it rains. :P

[1] https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/110#issuecomment-116883466
[2] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2013-December/016007.html

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