Along with this, I really hope renderers start computing surface=* and toll=* values for ALL ways. I say this since "surface=asphalt, highway=cyclway" is an exceptionally rare combination in the midwestern US, but "highway=cycleway, surface=gravel, toll=yes" is not.
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Pee Wee <piewi...@gmail.com> wrote: > -1 > > A renderer/router is perfectly capable of deciding what he thinks is > paved/unpaved. He can decide whether he calls gravel / fine_gravel paved or > unpaved. Do not leave the decision paved/unpaved up to the mapper. Map > what you see. As you may have guessed I prefer surface=asphalt over > surface=paved since the last one could mean that it is gravel. > > Cheers > PeeWee32 > > 2014-09-21 2:49 GMT+02:00 David Bannon <dban...@internode.on.net>: > >> >> yes, agree strongly. Surface= is a good tag, provides important info but >> it is far too fine grained. Someone setting up a route cannot be >> expected to sift through all the possible values. >> >> Similarly, we may well have a chance to get the renderers to respect a >> clear, on/off tag like the proposed and show it on the maps too. >> >> I see no problem with both tags being used. >> >> I think sometimes we put too much detail in the database and risk making >> the data unusable because of that. Mention making the data usable, we >> see charges of "tagging for the renderer". But this is important, I have >> detailed life threatening issues resulting from unclear maps. This >> proposal will provide valuable, dare I say "usable" info for consumers ! >> >> David >> >> On Sat, 2014-09-20 at 23:42 +0200, Tomasz Kaźmierczak wrote: >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I've posted the below message on the forum, and have been directed >> > from there to this mailing list, thus re-posting it. >> > >> > Idea >> > >> > I would like to suggest making the paved key for highways (and >> > probably other types of elements) official. Taginfo for paved: >> > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/paved#values >> > >> > The above shows that the key is already being used, but the Wiki >> > doesn't describe this key, instead redirecting Key:paved to the >> > article about Key:surface. >> > >> > Rationale >> > >> > Currently, the surface key is being used as a way of saying that a >> > given highway is paved or unpaved, but often the value for the surface >> > key is not a generic paved or unpaved, but a specific surface type is >> > given.This is of course very useful for describing the particular >> > surface type a given highway has. However, in some cases, a simple >> > information on just whether a highway is paved or not, would be very >> > useful. One such case would be navigation software – if a user chooses >> > to avoid unpaved roads, the software can check the value of the >> > surface key, but in practice most (all?) of the navigation software >> > only checks for a subset of all the possible values the surface key >> > can have. This leads to incorrect (in terms of what the user expects) >> > navigation when, for example, the surface is set to some value that >> > describes an unpaved road, not recognized by the navigation software – >> > if the software assumes that all highways are paved, unless explicitly >> > stated otherwise (by recognized values of known keys), then, in >> > consequence, it assumes that the road in question is paved. >> > >> > If the paved key was widely used, then the navigation software would >> > have a simple and clear way of checking whether a given road is paved >> > or not. The default value of the paved key for highways could be yes, >> > so that it would be consistent with the assumption that highways in >> > general are paved. >> > >> > I don't mean that we should stop using the paved and unpaved values >> > for the surface key – I'm sure those generic values are useful in some >> > cases. However, using the paved key would be also very useful. Also, >> > the surface=paved could also implicate paved=yes and similarly >> > surface=unpaved could implicate paved=no, so that duplication of the >> > information could be avoided when the generic paved and unpaved values >> > are set for the surface key. >> > >> > I believe that adding an article for the paved key to the Wiki would >> > encourage people to use this tag, and navigation software makers to >> > implement support for it in their applications. >> > >> > What do you think about that? >> > >> > >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Tomek >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Tagging mailing list >> > Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > > > -- > Verbeter de wereld. Word mapper voor Openstreetmap > <http://www.openstreetmap.org>. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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