David I'm not sure I understand your comment. What is avoidably subjective? The highway= tags and the foot/bicycle/horse= tags are all based on what is observable objectively on the ground - either physical or signage (supplemented sometimes by local knowledge of legal status - also objective).
The only thing that I can see in my practice that could be described as subjective is my use of the tracktype= tag. This tag is listed in the wiki (which is why I use it) and I use only the values listed in the wiki, with the definitions listed in the wiki, as to track grade. This is technically partly subjective I suppose - but no more so than for anyone else using tracktype= as a tag (or - dare I say for fear of starting another war - smoothness= ). In what way do you see my use of highway= tags as being subjective? I am sticking to the definitions in the wiki - just using all of the objectively available information. I find it a little hard to be accused of "undermining work done so far" when I have put so much effort into surveying and mapping the off-road routes in my area - and have at every stage consulted through the mailing lists when in doubt as to tagging practice - and indeed willingly adapted my practice in the light of good advice received. There are bound to be minor differences in approach in any wiki system - all in good faith - and I am currently feeling somewhat demotivated. Perhaps that was not your intention but it is unfortunately the result ... (:<) Mike -----Original Message----- From: David Earl [mailto:da...@frankieandshadow.com] Sent: 26 March 2009 09:48 To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] highway=cycle&footway On 26/03/2009 09:29, Mike Harris wrote: > Richard > > Thanks for this ... very helpful - a few comments - > > 1. Path: I would prefer to use highway=footway for a path that has > (almost always illegally) not been reinstated across a ploughed field > IF ... I think by trying to switch the interpretation of the highway=... tags from an objective recording of what the signs say to a subjective one of some personal measure of "suitability" you are undermining the work that's been done one the map so far. If you want to include subjective value judgements, I really think you should do that in tags invented for the purpose, not undermine the existing ones. David _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk