On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 09:02 +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > as the current system from 1 to 5 is an absolute one (5 being worst),
No Martin, that is not the case. Nothing in the definition to indicate that grade5 is the worst possible. Fact is that there are very many roads far, far worse that the grade5 description. And thats why we need grade6,7,8, to cover those roads beyond the existing scale. Not to reduce the gaps between each grade, but to extend beyond the current range. We both agree it would be a bad thing to redefine existing widely used tags. WRT your answer to Fernando, again, Martin, I suggest, with the greatest of respect, that you may not have experienced just how bad some roads can be. A few months ago, I spent two long days traversing a 250Km section of the "Kennedy Development Rd" in Queensland. No part of it even approached the grade5 described in tracktype= . There are many other roads, world wide, often quite important ones, that are beyond grade5. David _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging