https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/blob/master/CARTOGRAPHY.md#general-purpose

It is one of goals of this map style.


May 22, 2020, 16:17 by pelder...@gmail.com:

> Sounds like rendering for the mapper...don't know if that's as bad as the 
> other way around....
>
> Op vr 22 mei 2020 om 16:07 schreef Andrew Harvey <> andrew.harv...@gmail.com> 
> >:
>
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>> On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 22:33, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <>> 
>> tagging@openstreetmap.org>> > wrote:
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>>> May 22, 2020, 13:55 by >>> andrew.harv...@gmail.com>>> :
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>>>> On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 21:44, Daniel Westergren <>>>> wes...@gmail.com>>>> 
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I guess there's no way to force the user to add a surface tag when 
>>>>> adding a highway=path. We could also use analyzing tools to look for 
>>>>> recent edits with only highway=path and comment to users about the use of 
>>>>> surface etc.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think that's a step too far, while it's nice for people to add extra 
>>>> attributes and we should try to make it easier for mappers to discover 
>>>> what tags there are and use them, there is no obligation to, the same way 
>>>> a building=yes on a node is much appreciated even if it's not traced out 
>>>> in a way and has the building type mapped, a lone highway=path is still 
>>>> useful alone.
>>>>
>>> Improving editors would be a better step, such extreme nagging is more 
>>> likely to discourage people.
>>>
>>
>> Agreed, though I think the biggest driver for the casual mapper would be to 
>> close the feedback loop so they can actually see this change. ie. making the 
>> default OSM style render width and surface.
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