I agree. To me having paved and unpaved show on the osm.org default render would be the biggest improvement to OSM I can think of.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Rihards [mailto:ric...@nakts.net] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 9:47 AM To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Rural US: Correcting Original TIGER Imported Ways On 2018.02.19. 15:28, Richard Fairhurst wrote: ... > Having good paved/unpaved information will be a massive boost for OSM > in comparison to other map providers. We're already partway there. As > an definitely. if somebody with the skills reads this, having that reflected on the osm.org default render would be a huge help. i'd map more surface status if it was more obvious. > example, try asking Google Maps for bike directions from SF to NYC. It > sends you down some really, really unsuitable tracks and I'm not > entirely convinced you'd survive the journey. By contrast, > cycle.travel (using OSM > data) gets it pretty much right: occasionally it takes a gravel road > unnecessarily but it's pretty much always rideable. > > It would be great if we could become the best map of the rural US just > as we are for much of the rest of the world. > > cheers > Richard-- Rihards _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
