But do you think that earth and ground are different kinds of surface? On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:16 AM, fly <lowfligh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 13.03.2014 10:34, jonathan wrote: >> Here's my take from an Englishman! >> >> While the term dirt road is used here, it is much rarer as all public >> (adopted) roads in the UK are paved in some way shape or form. Most >> dirt roads are probably private roads, farm tracks or paths. >> >> Now, back to the original question. I totally agree with Fernando, >> these classifications are confusing. In English English they pretty well >> mean the same thing. We should look to rationalise them. > > How do you tag hiking paths which do not lead across grass or solid rock ? > > I use ground in these cases and if the surfaces changes every few metres > between natural underground (from tree needles to rocks) > >> However, remember the surface tag is used elsewhere other than >> roads/tracks where there may be some distinction, although I can't >> imagine what the distinction may be. > > Exactly, how about unpaved sports` pitch and tracks (clay or dirt ?). > >> In general English usage there meanings rely on context but in this >> context of describing a base surface to something I would go with dirt >> to mean a loose surface, unpaved, water permeable, degradable surface. >> Ground and earth are just too vague to be of any use. > > That is one major problem of vague descriptions and of overlapping meanings. > > I would always use unpaved. > > I consider dirt as a mixture of earth, mud and little rocks or thin > gravel where I am not able to distinguish between earth or mud and where > it is not ground as it differs from the surrounding underground. > > My 2 ct from a non-native speaker. > fly > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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