On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 14:18, Gleb Smirnoff <gleb...@glebius.int.ru> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 02:50:22PM +0100, Dave F. wrote: > D> > the fact the road is a winter one, is an important thing that should > be > D> > marked on map. > D> > > D> > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/surface:winter_road > D> > D> This type of tag is based on subjective opinions which is bad > D> information to put in OSM. > > No. It is not based on subjective opinion. "Winter road" is an official > status of a road in Russia. It is the way it is marked on other maps. > The road is officially closed, when it starts to melt. And it is officially > serviced during winter. > > Please refer to wikipedia article. "Winter road" is not a subjective opinion. There have been discussions on and off about seasonal roads / opening times. See e.g.: http://www.mail-archive.com/talk@openstreetmap.org/msg11274.html There are more like that, but I couldn't find any with a quick search. Anyway, since it's an official Winter road I recommend just tagging it as: XYZ:winter_road = yes Wher XYZ is the acronym or name of the Russian classification agency. But we probably want some sort of genaral scheme in the long term, e.g. in some countries there aren't "winter roads" but rather just roads with different degrees of guaranteed maintenance. Some roads might e.g. be plowed once a day in the winter, and others once a week. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk