Dirk Stöcker wrote:
On Thu, 25 Nov 2010, Fichtennadel wrote:
I see your point, but if you look at the template it's not possible to
put a
long description in the list of values for sac_scale. And the current
"information" is misleading, so the idea has been "better none than
wrong".
There is already a link to the wiki at the bottom of the template window,
which links to "path" and from there to "sac_scale".
If your descriptions are so misleading, then find others. OSM is no
"read the wiki and when you understood it start" project. It is a "start
and work" project. When your classification is misleading, so users use
it wrong in your eyes, then classifications needs to be reworked.
And we are already relying on the users to actively search for the
meaning
of tracktype = gradeN, so this seems to work ok and is feasible.
No. The grades are translated as well and they have a easy definition.
In usage of these is in no way accurate.
Well, if you work with English language, you only see grade1-6, but in
other languages you get additional explanation. The German translation
isn't that accurate either:
Grad 1 (Asphalt), Grad 2 (Schotter), Grad 3 (unbefestigt), Grad 4
(leicht bewachsen), Grad 5 (stark bewachsen)
E.g. grade2 misses the "or densely packed dirt/sand" part and the main
difference between grade3 and grade4 is (according to the wiki) not the
vegetation but the composition of way material.
Sometimes things simply cannot be described by 1 or 2 words. ;)
I'm also not totally happy with this solution, but we didn't come to any
better one during the discussion.
Actually I oppose this solution, as it is against the basic idea of how
OSM works.
When some mappers (accidentally) spoil the work of many others, this is
also not the way osm is supposed to work. Extending the description in
the presets might be a solution, but I'm not sure how this should be done.
Sebastian
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