In your letter dated Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:32:02 +0100 you wrote: >The problem is, and remains, the subjectivity - we can probably get good >agreement in and around Oxford on what roads are what level, but if someone >else tries to tag somewhere else, they might have a different baseline. The >stuff you've added to the "discussion" page of the wiki page you refer to >above is a good start to helping everyone use the same baseline, so lets >keep working in that direction!
I definitely have a different baseline. Over here (.nl) essentially everybody except tourists and recent immigrants is a level III cyclist in that classification. The only problem I see with it is that there are too many levels. But I doubt that it matters much. If you want to use it for routing, the question is whether the use of higher quality road warrants a detour or not. But safety is just one dimension. For cycling tours I prefer scenic routes. For training on a racing bike, I prefer roads that a smooth surface and that are suitable for high speed cycling. There are probably many more categories worth adding. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
