On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 22:33, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> > > > May 22, 2020, 13:55 by andrew.harv...@gmail.com: > > > > On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 21:44, Daniel Westergren <wes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah, I guess there's no way to force the user to add a surface tag when > adding a highway=path. We could also use analyzing tools to look for recent > edits with only highway=path and comment to users about the use of surface > etc. > > > I think that's a step too far, while it's nice for people to add extra > attributes and we should try to make it easier for mappers to discover what > tags there are and use them, there is no obligation to, the same way a > building=yes on a node is much appreciated even if it's not traced out in a > way and has the building type mapped, a lone highway=path is still useful > alone. > > Improving editors would be a better step, such extreme nagging is more > likely to discourage people. > Agreed, though I think the biggest driver for the casual mapper would be to close the feedback loop so they can actually see this change. ie. making the default OSM style render width and surface.
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