> > If you want a full justification of why a particular way was > classified as it is, then I think you need a reasonably full > description of a surface that would be useful for various kinds of > routing. Considering what we've debated so far and also the > characteristics that are used in many road quality assessment systems > out there, this would involve collecting at least the following > information, each on its own tag: > - average frequency of bumps > - average depth of bumps > - average frequency of cracks > - average width of cracks > - soil grain size > - soil humidity > - soil compaction
Sounds to me like a task for a smartphone app, combining GPS tracklogs with accelerometer and compass info you could get a fairly automated system for evaluating the smoothness of a road. Perhaps an Osmand plugin which could generate gpx wayponts relating to the smoothness of the road?
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