2014/1/13 Ronnie Soak <[email protected]>: > >> >> In contrast, if the information that the road can be passed by off >> road vehicles is given by local people >> then it is probably very reliable. It is not interpretation, it is >> experience. > > > If these local people are somewhat responsible, their answer could only be: > "It depends". > > As mentioned numerous times in this thread already, the '' trafficability" > depends a great deal on the exact specifications of your vehicle as well as > other, external factors. > > As we can't have a tag for every vehicle (and yes, the exact height of the > air intake alone can make the difference), > and hopefully are also never trying to tag for every weather condition, > we simply CAN'T tag trafficability. > > The only thing we can tag is physical properties of the road. > > Anectotal evidence: while driving around Iceland in a Suzuki Jimny > (technically a 4x4), > I was "allowed" to use any road. Asking locals if I would be actually able > to take those roads always involved > a very critical look to my car, half an our of explanation about the dangers > of the road ahead, > an impromtu weather forecast an a final "Just try how far you can get." > > I would never try to tag that half hour of prose into an OSM key. >
The information which people gave me about the mentioned 20km long road was: Yes you can use the road with a regular car if it doesn't rain. I think it is practicable to tag that information into OSM. How would you tag that based on physical models? Cheers, BGNO _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
