On 18 January 2011 16:13, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:19 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> So why do we use highway=* for even small tracks?
>
> The tagging system as a whole will never be entirely consistent, or
> even operate on consistent principles. The best we can do is fix small
> chunks at a time, and make those chunks as big as is practical.
>
> Therefore, let's not avoid fixing X just because it doesn't fix Y as well.

Exactly, so why should we use "flood" when at least half or more of
these things have nothing to do with flooding?

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