2009/8/14 Florian Lohoff <f...@rfc822.org>: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:31:38AM +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > type of ways - I see a lot of bloat coming when people start tagging > > > access = yes > bicycle = yes > foot = yes > layer = 0 > maxspeed = 30 > motorcar = yes > motorcycle = yes > surface = paved > lit = no > > And yes - this happends and it happens more and more ... These should > more or less all be default and a validator should. > > I see the problem that there are other regions of the world where > a paved road is an exception e.g. Madagaskar (CIA Factbook): > > total: 65,663 km > paved: 7,617 km > unpaved: 58,046 km (2003) > > But than make the most common usage the default
+1 Usage implying the state of the maps as of now, or the (expected) end result? > - this will save gigabytes of storage once we have the World Domination ... +1 (it's been some time I heard Germans talking about World Domination ;-) - sorry- couldn't resist). Actually looking at the total of road kilometres in the whole world, I wouldn't be too sure that paved is the default (in the so far mapped OSM-World it definitely is). For motorways the situation should be more clear even worldwide. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk