But if the surface is rocky or stone, can it really be described as "surface of gravel mixed with a varying amount of sand, silt, and clay" (grade2) or "even mixture of hard and soft materials" (grade3) and so on?
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Am 16/mar/2014 um 22:07 schrieb Fernando Trebien >> <fernando.treb...@gmail.com>: >> >> One question: do you think that an almost flat natural rock path >> should be tracktype=grade1 (because it's closer to "compacted") or >> tracktype=grade5 (because it's not "constructed")? > > > I think this depends how even/smooth it is, grade1 is not very > probable in my experience (at least I haven't met this yet), given > that tracktype is somehow an "overall" rating of a track, representing > the "subjective" idea of the mapper how well you might pass with > different vehicles and under different weather conditions, I'd make > the tracktype in the case of bedrock dependent on the smoothness. 1 or > 2 if you can pass with your bike, 3 if you can pass with a bike under > difficulties and 4 and 5 for almost or unpassable tracks. > > cheers, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- Fernando Trebien +55 (51) 9962-5409 "The speed of computer chips doubles every 18 months." (Moore's law) "The speed of software halves every 18 months." (Gates' law) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
