On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Tobias Knerr <o...@tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
> Brad Neuhauser wrote: > > I'd forgotten about that--good point. Although surface as currently > > used seems to be mainly in the context of roads. > > There's nothing to limit it to roads - it "describes the surface of a > feature". For example, the natural=beach wiki page recommends it for > beaches, too. > > I also don't see why the fact that an area is covered with sand should > be tagged differently depending on whether that area is used for > traffic. Therefore, I'd prefer to always use surface=* for this. > > There are some landcover types that don't fit into the surface key, > though - such as trees. So maybe a new key would be useful anyway, but > just for those things that aren't covered by surface? > > Generally, I'd very much appreciate a key that only describes what's > there, with nothing else (such as what's supposed to be there, or why it > is there) getting in the way. > > Tobias Knerr Right, using surface=* makes sense to me. It might need some clarification on the wiki, though. For example, on Map Features it says "Apply to all types of highways." [1] and on key=surface [2] and other related pages, the focus is on highways. From taginfo, the highway focus definitely seems to reflect the majority of usage. [3] So, my point is just that this non-highway usage probably needs some clarification on the wiki. [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Properties [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface [3] http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/keys/surface
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