I like your idea of splitting surface values into paved and unpaved tags quite a lot, Matthijs. It allows certain values (such as compacted) to be considered paved or unpaved by different communities, and it's easy to identify a contradiction (when both tags are present).
To note, I see the risk you pointed out as yet another reason towards setting unpaved as the default value, at least for some kinds of ways. But checking ITO Map (http://www.itoworld.com/map/215) over various areas, it is clear that this would make a ton of people dissatisfied, even in large cities with lots of contributors like Berlin and Amsterdam. Given that, I think it's healthier to consider paved by default and distinguish unpaved ways soon. This will invariably make some people interested in this topic, which will then lead to this information being provided more often. In the future, with good coverage, we may then change the default to unpaved. Would paved as default be a problem in Brazil? In my daily experience in Porto Alegre, it would about once a month, but not with big risks. In some nearby cities this could be closer to a few times a week, but still not that risky. The major risk would be an inconvenience such as bogging, but not so often an accident with injury or death. If I were an elder trusting my OSM-based GPS it probably would involve more risks, but I'd mostly be alright too. My area is reasonably well paved, but other areas of the country are far less so. What do you think, Gerald? _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
