> On Jun 2, 2020, at 5:48 AM, Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 09:04, Daniel Westergren <wes...@gmail.com > <mailto:wes...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I think the reason that this is so messed up because of the desire to tag > according to function. A trail/path can have many users/functions, but it's > still a dirt path. > > Right. But is there another way? Can we tag dirt paths/wilderness > paths/forest paths/mountain paths with another main tag? > No you cannot inroduce another main tag, because of the existing stock of > "path" 8.7 million and "track".(18.7 million). This would only add additional > confusion with mappers and an enormous burden on renderers and routers > Can we somehow "enforce" additional tags for physical characteristics that > will tell what this path|footway|cycleway actually looks like? > We have no way to "enforce" anything in OSM. But, as we do have the necessary > tags (maybe to many different ones, but they all are in use.and we need to > reamin backaward compatible in view of the enourmous numbers). What we can do > and need to do is to improve the description of the various existing tagging > options in the wiki (without touching their definition)
My translation of these two statements combined is roughy: “We can’t change any tagging”. I don’t find that helpful. > I'm OK with taking this off this list & I can add my comments to the google > docs doc. > > Ok, I'll email those who have expressed interest in following or > participating in the discussion. Suggestions and comments can also be done in > the Google Doc. > > As said before I would prefer that his discussion remain on one of the tools > of the OSM community, mainly for documenting the discussion. I agree with you on this. Especially as I’ve gone to fairly extreme measures to reduce my exposure to Google.
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