I don't agree with you. I think default style is a generic style, and as
such, it shouldn't do much guess but use the strict meaning of tags.
Gravel, fine_gravel, ice, etc. are strictly unpaved and I would mark
them as such in default style. More specific uses (mtb/race
bicycle/4wd...) require specific maps and thus specific styles.
@Mark: I'm also cyclist and for mtb use your "raining" point of view of
paved/unpaved is important to be considered.
El 07/02/17 a las 11:57, Nuno Pedrosa escribió:
Hi! In Portugal, Spain and surely a little all around, unpaved gravel
roads are common, even on urban neighbourhoods.
These are quite drivable and they will often be the only way to get to
some places. They are also suitable to all vehicles, even if they will
get covered in dirt.
There are also a lot of paths going through sand (forest roads) and
these will unsuitable to most vehicles (even a lot of 4x4s),
regardless of their width.
I find that while driving, the real issue will be the road conditions
and width. Will the unpaved road be wide enough for a car or light
truck? Will it have deep tracks due to soil erosion? Will the surface
be solid enough to drive in a regular car?
So, in real world GPS usage, I would like unpaved to mean “narrow,
earth roads”, while paved would mean any road suitable to all regular
vehicles.
Example: due to wind farms being built in a lot of hill ranges, large,
unpaved roads were built. These are gravel, wide roads, and often are
a better option to the paved, sinuous mountain roads that go around
every nook and cranny in the valleys.
So, I think that fine_gravel, salt and ice should still be “paved”.
Nuno Pedrosa.
PS: Sorry to “butt in” the talk. I’m usually silent in this list,
though I read most of the discussions. Your work is amazing and I find
that I can add little to what is being discussed, so I try to keep my
“noise” to a minimum!
On 7 Feb 2017, at 09:40, lig fietser <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I'd call that semi-paved but Garmin doesn't have such category
unfortunately. Since the default style main focus is on motor
vehicles I'd suggest to add surfaces like fine_gravel, salt, ice to
the unpaved list. And please add soil to it, it seems a quite popular
tag.
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Gerd wrote
This "raining" part is probably what paved/unpaved is about: The
surface of a paved road should not change when it's raining
and your vehicle will not be covered with dirt when traveling on a
paved road while it is raining (at least not from dirt which was part
of the surface).
Do you agree on that (last sentence)?
Gerd
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