On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:31:38AM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > ... and it is NOT assumed surface=paved. .. we don't ASSUME :) .. instead > > we have "If no other values of surface is listed, the default value is > > "surface=paved" ... but actually, it should be "surface=undefined", as the > > default value if none are listed. > > no, I think for roads we always had the default: "paved" and I would > stick to this and tag the exceptions.
We should have sensible default for most of the tags on highway
type of ways - I see a lot of bloat coming when people start tagging
access = yes
bicycle = yes
foot = yes
layer = 0
maxspeed = 30
motorcar = yes
motorcycle = yes
surface = paved
lit = no
And yes - this happends and it happens more and more ... These should
more or less all be default and a validator should.
I see the problem that there are other regions of the world where
a paved road is an exception e.g. Madagaskar (CIA Factbook):
total: 65,663 km
paved: 7,617 km
unpaved: 58,046 km (2003)
But than make the most common usage the default - this will save gigabytes
of storage once we have the World Domination ...
Flo
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