On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 at 20:28, Bob Cameron <bob3b...@skymesh.com.au> wrote:
> Good stuff Dian! > > I don't know how widespread the problem is, but Garmin GPS navigation > devices see no road surface tag as sealed. This can create routing stress > for the driver and possibly safety issues. Might be worth mentioning that > it's far better to default tag new roads in non urban areas as unpaved than > no tag, if the surface is unknown. > No, that would be tagging for the renderer. It should be fixed by the software/vendor to use a different default or simply display this to the user as unknown surface. If the surface is not known it should have no surface tag, and surface=paved/unpaved/etc only tagged when known. > I use surface:fine_gravel in places. Problem is that the gravel eventually > wears off and it becomes.. unpaved! Unpaved is also what one would use if > sourcing only from overhead imagery. This all for another discussion though. > I'm still not sure the best way to tag gravelly rocky sandy soil and usually just use unpaved.
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