richard wrote: > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Paul Fox<p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us> wrote: > > let me ask a simplifying (for me) question. > > > > i want to encourage a group of motorcycling friends to help > > update OSM so that it accurately reflects road surface, for roads > > that are currently undifferentiated in that regard. the single > > most important thing that needs to be captured is whether the > > road is paved or not: this information is missing (or very > > incomplete) in every commercial US map that i've seen. > > I see why this is of great interest to motorcyclists.
yes. some of us seek out unpaved roads, some avoid them. and we all simply want to know. :-) > > > is it ever wrong to simply add "surface=unpaved"? > > It is ideal, generous and very helpful to add surface=unpaved where > the data is missing. great. thanks! paul =--------------------- paul fox, p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 61.5 degrees)
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