I've been tagging roads like that as compacted, once I learned more about the surfacing tech.
-jack -- Typos courtesy of fancy auto spell technology On April 18, 2018 6:19:07 PM EDT, Toby Murray <toby.mur...@gmail.com> wrote: >I recently bought a gravel bicycle to ride on the many gravel roads in >Kansas. Like this one: >https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=nYO4JI46L0SWzNAQlLT4kA&focus=photo > >First question: What would you call this road? Obviously I am calling >it a "gravel road" but a couple of people have said they would call it >a "dirt road" so I'm curious if there are any other common terms to >describe this type of road in different regions of the US. > >Second question: How would you tag this road? There is a >surface=gravel tag that is in pretty common usage in Kansas and >neighboring states. However looking at the wiki page for the surface >tag[1], this is not wiki-correct. According to that page >surface=gravel is to be used for large rocks (4-8cm) that are laid >down loosely like those typically used as ballast on railroad beds. I >believe The Mapillary picture I linked to would be considered >surface=compacted according to the wiki because the rocks are much >smaller and the surface is stabilized with a binding agent. There is a >big difference between the two when it comes to bicycle riding. >Railroad ballast is bone jarring and flat tire inducing whereas gravel >roads are pretty manageable on the right kind of bike. > >But If you call something a "gravel road" and there is a "gravel" >option in the editor preset for the surface tag, people are going to >choose the gravel option and not look for "compacted" since that is >not a common term here. I assume it is a more common term in the UK >and that is why it is used in OSM. > >And lastly there are trails that are surfaced with a similar material >but crushed to a smaller size like here: >https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=iQNqP-dfQ-Rm6AD9REMsgQ&focus=photo > >I'm trying to decide if that is better as surface=compacted or >surface=fine_gravel although fine_gravel seems to be a slightly >different process from what I see on the wiki. > >Maybe this should be directed at the tagging list but I thought I >would get thoughts from the US community since we seem to be the ones >using the tag incorrectly (according to the wiki) > >[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface > >Toby > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-us mailing list >Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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