On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > I am planning on adding this information to wiki in near future. > > Note that it afffects also highway=path - in that case some/many > people are convinced that there is some kind of difference of implied > quality between highway=path and highway=footway.
Funny, how you put it as informal paths and unpaved, non-made forest trails so far have been pretty much what I expect throughout the world (although I admit I've no experience on areas in Africa). But surely you can pretend that forces of erosion and weather, and the effects of a similar terrain and vegetation suddenly work differently somewhere :-). But of course once shiny built-up footway can fall into a state of such disrepair that is in worse condition than those informal paths, so you have some truth in what you say too. > highway=path wiki page already contains information that > highway=path "may have any type of surface" Most of those who would want to tag those "paths" would likely prefer introducing own highway type anyway (such as highway=trail as =path is unfortunately taken) - but in that case there's always fierce opposion from few who are convinced such "paths" don't exists. And that non-existance of alternative to highway=path is likely the main reason why they have been forced to use highway=path in the first place (even though they know some people think that =path == =footway). -- i. > 2015-08-12 10:56 GMT+02:00 Mateusz Konieczny <matkoni...@gmail.com>: > What is below is supposed to document existing consensus rather > than > introduce new rule. I am aware that there is significant > majority > convinced that some road types universally guarantee or imply > certain > values (like widespread usage of highway=track to mark all > unpaved > roads and only unpaved roads, popular in some regions). > > I am also aware that in some regions "dual carriageways are > usually at > least highway=tertiary", "paved roads are at least > highway=unclassified", "highway=primary has at least 2 lanes in > each > direction" or "paved roads passable for the entire year are > highway=trunk" are good approximations - but it does not make it > universally true or necessary requirement to use these tags. > > proposed description to be added on > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway - maybe also on > pages > about individual road types. > > Only highway=motorway/motorway_link implies anything about > quality. > Other road types, from highway=trunk through highway=tertiary to > highway=residential=residential/service or > highway=path/footway/cycleway/track do not imply anything about > road > quality. In area with poor infrastructure road forming main road > network, of the highest importance in region should be tagged > highway=trunk - no matter whatever is is high-quality asphalt > road or > unsurfaced tract unusable after major rains. > > In absence of surface, tracktype and other tags describing > quality of > road one may try to extrapolate this information from > value of highway tag. Note that this needs tuning for every > region. > Typical highway=primary may be drastically different in various > places > across the planet. > > It is highly recommended to add and use tags describing road > quality > like surface. In one region it may be obvious that all > highway=tertiary > are paved and highway=track unpaved but no assumption like that > will > work worldwide. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
