Hello everyone! This is my first post here at the HOT list, and I'd like to pass one information along. A few days ago I discovered that OSRM is now supporting two tags regarding impassable ways by HOT's request. Then I discovered that HOT encourages the use of the tag impassable=yes (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Damaged_buildings_crisis_mapping). That brought me back to a discussion I had about tagging of life cycle tags in OSM months ago (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Comparison_of_life_cycle_concepts). To make a very long story short, it may be a better idea to tag such ways by changing the highway=[class] tag into a damaged:highway=[class] instead impassable=yes or status=impassable. smoothness=impassable would also work in those cases where the obstructions affect only wheeled vehicles.
Here's the discussion in the tagging list if you're interested in participating: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/Impassable-damaged-and-related-life-cycle-concepts-td5791364.html Regards, -- 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) _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
