Re: [Tagging] layer=-1, rivers, bridges and tunnels

2014-03-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer


 Am 16/mar/2014 um 01:42 schrieb Richard Z. ricoz@gmail.com:
 
 Also building=bridge is the wrong tag for this bridge



why? Let's be cautious with judgements like wrong tag and even more in 
situations where there is not clearly a generally adopted tagging scheme (like 
for bridges).

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Re: [Tagging] Landuse=civic_admin

2014-03-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer


 Am 16/mar/2014 um 02:20 schrieb johnw jo...@mac.com:
 
 I am looking for a tag to define the area the townhall building sits on


what about amenity=townhall ? That's how we do it for schools, universities etc.


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[Tagging] building=bridge vs. man_made=bridge

2014-03-16 Thread Richard Z.
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 09:36:43AM +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
 
 
  Am 16/mar/2014 um 01:42 schrieb Richard Z. ricoz@gmail.com:
  
  Also building=bridge is the wrong tag for this bridge
 
 
 
 why? Let's be cautious with judgements like wrong tag and even more in 
 situations where there is not clearly a generally adopted tagging scheme 
 (like for bridges).

building=bridge has been described in the wiki since March 2012
 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Building_typologyoldid=753458
 
so I see no good reason to change that.

For the purpose of mapping the outlines of bridges man_made=bridge has been
proposed some time ago and maybe should be cleaned up and adopted.
Afaics the example use of man_made=bridge for multilevel bridges does not
work as currently described, see talk page. 
Otherwise the proposal looks good for me.. so maybe the multilevel part of 
it should be postponed and get the simple stuff approved soon?

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/man_made%3Dbridge

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Re: [Tagging] Fixing wrong opening_hours automatically

2014-03-16 Thread Robin `ypid` Schneider
Thanks for the hint … I fixed it in this commit:
https://github.com/ypid/opening_hours_map/commit/d45c8b6776091845576342f61e80dfef3bd698ba

More issues can be reported here: 
https://github.com/ypid/opening_hours_map/issues

On 12.03.2014 07:52, Peter Wendorff wrote:
 Hi Robin,
 small suggestion for your opening-hours map (nice map, by the way):
 The tags list in the lower part of the markers box is (technically and
 visually) a table but the key is postfixed with an additional :, which
 is confusing because it may as well be part of the key itself.
 Within the table layout it would have no negative consequences to omit
 the : after the key but make it slightly better readable.
 
 regards
 Peter

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Re: [Tagging] opening-hours and closing-hours

2014-03-16 Thread Robin `ypid` Schneider
On 14.03.2014 15:45, fly wrote:
 Did you every think about 00:00-24:00; Fr 14:00-22:00 off
+1

 I really do not get your problems as the syntax already allows a lot.
+1

 Still do not have any need for open/closed or closing_hours.
I strongly represent the opinion that closing_hours is unnecessary. Please give
me an example which can not be expressed with the current syntax and would be
covered by the proposed closing_hours.

To elaborate a little more on the point of having the 'open' and the 'closed'
keywords. They became mandatory with the introduction of comments. Because a
comment is by default evaluated to the state unknown. But there are many cases
in which the comment does not influence if the facility is open but rather gives
additional information. (Search for 'open ':
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:opening_hours).

open\s+: is used 152 times
closed\s+: is used 42 times

(\s+ stands for one or more white space characters for example spaces).

 One good point about the discussion is that appointment is considered
 valid.
Is valid since the existence of comments. Also search for 'open ':
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:opening_hours. Some mappers have the
intention to define keywords but this is not proposed yet (and I am not working
on an proposal for this either).


 On 14.03.2014 12:37, André Pirard wrote:
 On 2014-03-13 19:06, Pieren wrote :
 On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Robin `ypid` Schneider ypi...@aol.de 
 wrote:

 It's unclear if your proposal is opening_hours=SH(summer holiday) or
 opening_hours=SH (then you should correct the wiki because the tag
 template is using the first version)

 I guess you plan to update the main opening_hours wiki if the
 proposal is accepted ?
 As well as

   * choose one of the 5 or 6 contradictory forms, each denying the
 former ones, that were answered to my case that I finally proposed
 unambiguously as  *closing-hours=Fr 14:00-22:00* (in a message
 followed by -1 -1 -1 and 2 or 3 more contradictory tags)
   * if the answer to the simplified diagram I added to try to clarify
 many things is really it's wrong, say what is wrong and correct it
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:opening_hours#.22Some_people_don.27t_fully_agree_with_the_following_simplified_diagram.22_-_what_is_the_problem.3F

   * especially, regarding *your* particular proposition 
 *opening_hours=open; Fr 14:00-22:00 off*
   o explain:  open and closed appear to be some new invention
 [*of mine, *in the diagram]
See above.

   o write a definition for *off* or validate/correct the definition
 in my diagram and explain the following replies to this request
 or its usage: 
   + it's not used;
   + it's used but not like that;
   + *off* must not be defined but grasped; 
   + the meaning of off is wrong
   + off [must not be defined because it] has been in use for
 quite some time already.
   + http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Time_domains
 explains quite well how the overall opening_hours syntax
 works (why then did I have to add its URL to the main page?)
Not sure what you are saying. 'off' is equal to 'closed' as defined here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:opening_hours:specification

   o write a definition or *open*, make up your mind between, and
 clarify:
   + open and closed appear to be some new invention
   + It was introduced by Netzwolf some years ago because it is
 needed as rule_modifier (when used together with a
 comment). It is now used over 150 times to do exactly that
 (regex: /open\s+/). Of course it is an invention but one
 which is required
   + make explanations for the general tagger (I'm fine with
 regexp but not everybody)
   o clarify: Because of the definition that following rules will
 overwrite previous once, times which span over midnight have to
 use additional rules which are separated by comma instead of
 semicolon. 
   + probably override previous ones and general syntax
   + instead of a casual remark about an example, make it a
 proper explanation
   # of the difference between comma and semicolon
   # of how rules override one another;  graspingly, ranges
 specifying opening time would add themselves to opening
 time and ranges specifying closing time would subtract
 themselves from it, but I've seen an example for which
 the range was said to both add and subtract.
I and Netzwolf did try to explain it and I would say it is straight to the
point. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:opening_hours:specification

I suggest you to play a bit with the evaluation software and just try it out:

Re: [Tagging] Landuse=civic_admin

2014-03-16 Thread Tod Fitch
What about for the area where the town hall, city administration buildings 
(offices for building and safety, parks and recreation, etc.), public safety 
(police and fire headquarters) and a county court building are located in my 
city. They are all on one landscaped area with buildings scattered around. And 
it definitely looks different than a typical office park. The individual 
buildings are tagged as appropriate but the land use is neither commercial, 
industrial nor residential.

-Tod



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 Am 16/mar/2014 um 02:20 schrieb johnw jo...@mac.com:
 
 I am looking for a tag to define the area the townhall building sits on
 
 
 what about amenity=townhall ? That's how we do it for schools, universities 
 etc.
 
 
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[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - use_sideway (was bicycle=use_cycleway)

2014-03-16 Thread Pee Wee
This is an RFC for a new value:
use_sidewayhttps://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/use_sideway.
(which is an access value)

Last november we proposed the
bicycle=use_cyclewayhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bicycle_use_cycleway.
There was a lot of discussion before
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2013-November/015592.htmland
duringhttp://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Bicycle_use_cyclewayvoting.
The voting was very close but we decided to reject the proposal and
work on a new one.

We think we've now made a better
proposahttps://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/use_sidewayl
(use_sideway) with more emphasis on the access issue and some more examples
with regard to routing.

Cheers
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Re: [Tagging] Landuse=civic_admin

2014-03-16 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote:

  They all sound much like offices (landuse=commercial) to me. Ownership
 has nothing to do with land use. In this case, the city council happen to
 be the users of the property, but if they need to downsize for whatever
 reason and a particular building gets a new tenant, will the land use
 change? I wouldn't have thought so.

Well, in my country, these are classified as a different landuse and not
commercial. Please see this land use map as an example:
http://mandaluyong.gov.ph/img/profile/map9.gif

Hospitals, schools, universities, and civic/admin facilities (such as
municipal or village townhalls) are classed as institutional landuse. So
for my country, landuse=civic_admin (or similar) would make sense.
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Re: [Tagging] Landuse=civic_admin

2014-03-16 Thread John F. Eldredge
At least in the USA, courthouses generally contain other types of government 
offices in addition to courtrooms and related judicial offices, particularly 
county courthouses. In some less-populated areas, the courthouse may be the 
only governmental building in the jurisdiction.


On March 15, 2014 11:09:20 AM CDT, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com 
wrote:
 
 
  Am 14/mar/2014 um 00:54 schrieb johnw jo...@mac.com:
  
  I'm very interested to hear people's opinion on landuse=civic_admin
  
  It would be a landuse for townhalls and other capital buildings,
 Federal Buildings, DMV, courthouses, and other basic civic
 administrative offices where it is clearly a government building.
 
 
 maybe this is a language or cultural problem, but I'd consider neither
 courthouses nor government buildings administration. Courthouses
 serve the Judiciary and administration is together with government the
 executive branch.
 
 cheers,
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Re: [Tagging] Landuse=civic_admin

2014-03-16 Thread Colin Smale
 

Interesting! That is more generic than simply civic_admin - one would
not expect the primary land use of a school or a hospital to be
administration. When/to whom is this classification significant? 

Colin 

On 2014-03-16 19:49, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: 

 On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote:
 
 They all sound much like offices (landuse=commercial) to me. Ownership has 
 nothing to do with land use. In this case, the city council happen to be the 
 users of the property, but if they need to downsize for whatever reason and 
 a particular building gets a new tenant, will the land use change? I 
 wouldn't have thought so.
 
 Well, in my country, these are classified as a different landuse and not 
 commercial. Please see this land use map as an example: 
 http://mandaluyong.gov.ph/img/profile/map9.gif [2]
 
 Hospitals, schools, universities, and civic/admin facilities (such as 
 municipal or village townhalls) are classed as institutional landuse. So 
 for my country, landuse=civic_admin (or similar) would make sense. 
 
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Re: [Tagging] surface=ground/dirt/earth

2014-03-16 Thread Fernando Trebien
On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote:

 2014-03-15 16:29 GMT+01:00 Fernando Trebien fernando.treb...@gmail.com:

 tracktype is the degree of compaction of the material
 (regardless of material)



 I have always more thought of it how much it was constructed, while
 tracktype=1 is a paved road, 5 will be a track on grass (almost or not
 constructed at all) and the rest in between. Generally a tracktype=grade1
 should be easily navigable by bike or foot also after days of rain while for
 grade2 you would hope so and grade3 is not clear, 4 and 5 probably not. In
 the end it is a generalized hierarchical system that comprises several
 single characteristics to come to a summarizing tag value (and the single
 characteristics are not documented and may vary on individual basis).
 Somehow it still works as you can compare the values with other tracks in
 the same area.

Hm I think that someone on a city bike (not on a mountain bike) would
find tracktype=grade2 somewhat inconvenient, but still usable indeed.

Anyway, I'm making these questions because thinking of degree of
compaction (same as hardness maybe) makes tracktype essentially
independent from both smoothness and surface tags. You can then guess
more accurately things such as expected speed, comfort level, draft
forces, and the risk of getting bogged.

One question: do you think that an almost flat natural rock path
should be tracktype=grade1 (because it's closer to compacted) or
tracktype=grade5 (because it's not constructed)?




 - smoothness is the degree of irregularity of the surface (for
 wheeled vehicles, also regardless of material)



 yes. in other words how smooth or even the surface is.



 - surface more closely represents the material structure, usually
 regardless of other characteristics (with a few exceptions)



 yes, surface is a mixture of the ~material (roughly classified) and in some
 cases the way of application / the overall structure (e.g. cobblestones).

 cheers,
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[Tagging] Opinion on meaning of tracktype, smoothness and surface for routing

2014-03-16 Thread Fernando Trebien
Hello,

Following from this conclusion
(https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2014-March/016904.html),
I'm now trying to find a way to use tracktype, smoothness and surface
to improve routing quality. For an average 4 passenger car (not an
SUV, not a truck, not a motorcycle), I believe that:

1. Maximum safe speed is limited by how regular the surface is and
also by how dense the surface material is. The exact material (in the
surface tag) is not so important for routing as are these other two
qualities (smoothness and material density).

2. Smoothness and surface density could be somewhat guessed from
surface tag in most cases, and smoothness and tracktype could refine
this guess.

The exact safe speed for each value is probably a concern of each
application, but for a guess of expected smoothness and expected
tracktype (in the absence of these tags) in the absence of those
tags, I need opinions. I think these associations make sense when the
other tags are absent:

[format: surface=smoothness,tracktype]
asphalt=excellent,grade1
concrete=excellent,grade1
tartan=excellent,grade1
paved=good,grade1
paving_stones=good,grade1
concrete:plates=good,grade1
metal=good,grade1
compacted=intermediate,grade1
sett=intermediate,grade1
concrete:lanes=intermediate,grade1
bricks=intermediate,grade1
cement=intermediate,grade1
cobblestone=bad,grade1
wood=bad,grade1
stone=bad,grade1
rocky=bad,grade1
gravel=bad,grade2
fine_gravel=bad,grade2
grass_paver=intermediate,grade2
unpaved=bad,grade3
ground=bad,grade3
dirt=bad,grade3
grass=bad,grade3
pebblestone=bad,grade3
clay=bad,grade4
sand=bad,grade5
earth=bad,grade5
mud=very_bad,grade5

What do you think? I know each surface type can vary wildly, but I'm
thinking of those situations in which people probably mean when they
add a surface tag but not a smoothness or a tracktype tag.

I'm not proposing these as defaults for tagging in OSM.

I'm thinking about Emil Tin's idea
(https://www.mail-archive.com/osrm-talk@openstreetmap.org/msg00389.html)
of setting OSRM's speed according to surface as the minimum of several
measures. I tried to multiply two factors as he suggests, but I was
not satisfied with the resulting values. Then I tried to take the
minimum of two speed values associated to smoothness and tracktype and
it seemed much better.

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Re: [Tagging] Landuse=civic_admin

2014-03-16 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
I'd like to clarify what I said before that landuse=civic_admin would be
useful. It would be useful for  tagging the only the compounds where
government offices are located (townhall, courthouse, etc.). I am not
suggesting that schools and hospitals would use the same
landuse=civic_admin tag.

Anyway, the institutional landuse itself is useful for assessing real
property taxes as institutional entities typically are tax-exempt. Thus the
expected tax base is the residential + commercial + industrial land area.

Also, the institutional landuse may be useful for planning purposes. You
typically would not want schools and hospitals located near industrial
areas.


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 3:41 AM, Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nl wrote:

  Interesting! That is more generic than simply civic_admin - one would
 not expect the primary land use of a school or a hospital to be
 administration. When/to whom is this classification significant?

 Colin




 On 2014-03-16 19:49, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote:

  On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 11:42 PM, Colin Smale colin.sm...@xs4all.nlwrote:

  They all sound much like offices (landuse=commercial) to me. Ownership
 has nothing to do with land use. In this case, the city council happen to
 be the users of the property, but if they need to downsize for whatever
 reason and a particular building gets a new tenant, will the land use
 change? I wouldn't have thought so.

 Well, in my country, these are classified as a different landuse and not
 commercial. Please see this land use map as an example:
 http://mandaluyong.gov.ph/img/profile/map9.gif

 Hospitals, schools, universities, and civic/admin facilities (such as
 municipal or village townhalls) are classed as institutional landuse. So
 for my country, landuse=civic_admin (or similar) would make sense.

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Re: [Tagging] surface=ground/dirt/earth

2014-03-16 Thread Fernando Trebien
Do you all agree with these wiki edits?

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key%3Atracktypediff=1002090oldid=992679

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AMap_Features%3Atracktypediff=1002096oldid=971383

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key%3Asmoothnessdiff=1002098oldid=905282

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key%3Asurfacediff=1002099oldid=970317

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Fernando Trebien
fernando.treb...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
 dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote:

 2014-03-15 16:29 GMT+01:00 Fernando Trebien fernando.treb...@gmail.com:

 tracktype is the degree of compaction of the material
 (regardless of material)



 I have always more thought of it how much it was constructed, while
 tracktype=1 is a paved road, 5 will be a track on grass (almost or not
 constructed at all) and the rest in between. Generally a tracktype=grade1
 should be easily navigable by bike or foot also after days of rain while for
 grade2 you would hope so and grade3 is not clear, 4 and 5 probably not. In
 the end it is a generalized hierarchical system that comprises several
 single characteristics to come to a summarizing tag value (and the single
 characteristics are not documented and may vary on individual basis).
 Somehow it still works as you can compare the values with other tracks in
 the same area.

 Hm I think that someone on a city bike (not on a mountain bike) would
 find tracktype=grade2 somewhat inconvenient, but still usable indeed.

 Anyway, I'm making these questions because thinking of degree of
 compaction (same as hardness maybe) makes tracktype essentially
 independent from both smoothness and surface tags. You can then guess
 more accurately things such as expected speed, comfort level, draft
 forces, and the risk of getting bogged.

 One question: do you think that an almost flat natural rock path
 should be tracktype=grade1 (because it's closer to compacted) or
 tracktype=grade5 (because it's not constructed)?




 - smoothness is the degree of irregularity of the surface (for
 wheeled vehicles, also regardless of material)



 yes. in other words how smooth or even the surface is.



 - surface more closely represents the material structure, usually
 regardless of other characteristics (with a few exceptions)



 yes, surface is a mixture of the ~material (roughly classified) and in some
 cases the way of application / the overall structure (e.g. cobblestones).

 cheers,
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Re: [Tagging] surface=ground/dirt/earth

2014-03-16 Thread Dave Swarthout
Fernando,

Thanks for your efforts on this troublesome topic. I've been following the
conversation but have avoided adding any comments up to now because of the
complexity of any solutions I could offer.

Begin rant
 I have problems with the whole relationship between tracktype, surface,
and smoothness and how they work, or do not work, together. For instance,
IMO tracktype should describe the physical characteristics of a track, not
a highway, and it should have nothing to do with how well maintained it
is. A track is a track (a rough road or trail, unpaved, mostly
un-maintained) suitable for light use only, and is never a highway. Both
tracks and highways, however, have surfaces whose character is often a
function of the material they're made from, and those surfaces have an
additional important characteristic called smoothness. How a highway ever
got a tracktype tag is beyond me and seems a big mistake. But it's been
used so many times it would be all but impossible to change it now. As far
as smoothness is concerned, many have derided it as being too subjective.
Yet, to me, it is a very important characteristic. How to measure it in any
meaningful way is another entire issue.
End rant

Moving on:

In the edited tracktype entry (first link above) where you
say, particularly regarding surface stiffness, IMO the word stiffness
is not a good term to describe a surface. Stiffness is resistance to
bending. Perhaps soundness, permanence, or better yet, durability.

Personally, I would remove the word paved from the definition of
tracktype=grade1 entirely (link 2 above). I know this would meet with tons
of argument but I would prefer something like:

   - Solid. Usually a heavily compacted and durable surface.

The changes to smoothness and surface definitions are fine. I'm in total
agreement.

Cheers,

Dave (AlaskaDave)



On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Fernando Trebien 
fernando.treb...@gmail.com wrote:

 Do you all agree with these wiki edits?


 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key%3Atracktypediff=1002090oldid=992679


 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template%3AMap_Features%3Atracktypediff=1002096oldid=971383


 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key%3Asmoothnessdiff=1002098oldid=905282


 http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key%3Asurfacediff=1002099oldid=970317

 On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Fernando Trebien
 fernando.treb...@gmail.com wrote:
  On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
  dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  2014-03-15 16:29 GMT+01:00 Fernando Trebien fernando.treb...@gmail.com
 :
 
  tracktype is the degree of compaction of the material
  (regardless of material)
 
 
 
  I have always more thought of it how much it was constructed, while
  tracktype=1 is a paved road, 5 will be a track on grass (almost or not
  constructed at all) and the rest in between. Generally a
 tracktype=grade1
  should be easily navigable by bike or foot also after days of rain
 while for
  grade2 you would hope so and grade3 is not clear, 4 and 5 probably not.
 In
  the end it is a generalized hierarchical system that comprises several
  single characteristics to come to a summarizing tag value (and the
 single
  characteristics are not documented and may vary on individual basis).
  Somehow it still works as you can compare the values with other tracks
 in
  the same area.
 
  Hm I think that someone on a city bike (not on a mountain bike) would
  find tracktype=grade2 somewhat inconvenient, but still usable indeed.
 
  Anyway, I'm making these questions because thinking of degree of
  compaction (same as hardness maybe) makes tracktype essentially
  independent from both smoothness and surface tags. You can then guess
  more accurately things such as expected speed, comfort level, draft
  forces, and the risk of getting bogged.
 
  One question: do you think that an almost flat natural rock path
  should be tracktype=grade1 (because it's closer to compacted) or
  tracktype=grade5 (because it's not constructed)?
 
 
 
 
  - smoothness is the degree of irregularity of the surface (for
  wheeled vehicles, also regardless of material)
 
 
 
  yes. in other words how smooth or even the surface is.
 
 
 
  - surface more closely represents the material structure, usually
  regardless of other characteristics (with a few exceptions)
 
 
 
  yes, surface is a mixture of the ~material (roughly classified) and in
 some
  cases the way of application / the overall structure (e.g.
 cobblestones).
 
  cheers,
  Martin
 
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