> I come to a road with width=3 - that is indeed "useful". > I come to a road with narrow=yes - that is not as "useful".
I just don't understand how everyone can have the same argument, again and again, about every new tag or idea suggested. "highway=residential" - somewhat useful "highway=residential narrow=yes" - more useful "highway=residential est_width=4" - more useful again "highway=residential width=4.2" - more useful still. Pretty damn obvious. Obviously, we would all like perfect data with perfect precision throughout OSM, but we can't have it. When we lack precise data, imprecise data is often better than nothing. Now, the concept of "narrow" may not be precisely defined, but that doesn't mean it's completely subjective either. It could be defined by the presence of warning signs, by reference to standard road widths in the area, or simply the mapper's intuition. If another mapper disagrees with the first, then by all means get out the measuring tape. It doesn't happen often. (As for the specific proposal, "width=narrow", that's clearly dumb. It should be "narrow=yes", not "width=narrow".) Steve _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
