oops, Forgot to cc: talk-ca list, On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Sam Vekemans <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi, > (i thought someone else would tackle your question, so i didnt reply) > but i will now. :-) > > yes, please read the tag 'smothness' to get a background on the topic :) > > 1st -roads need to be tagged acording to physical signs, to get the > 'RoadClass ' right. Ie. If its a secondary or tertiary or primary > road. The pictures on the wiki help, along with looking around your > area to see how others mapped similar roads. > > Adding the 'surface' tag does help in discribing what the surface is > physically made of. > > OpenStreetMap is designed as a multi-purpose map, where maps can be > made for cars or bicycle or walking. OSM handles the 3 types by > looking at the tags for each way. > > If the road has "foot=yes" thats a different experience as a bike to a car. > A car with higher pressure tires to lower pressure tires would produce > a different shalk ratio, and if the car had better shalks than a ford > model "A" the experience. > > In conclusion, add what ever u like, just ask (message user) before u > remove tags that someone else put there :) > cheers, > Sam >
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