we have 4 surface= tags in the preset at the moment: paved, unpaved, gravel, and ground.
Paved and unpaved are used consistently in each of the 3 entities.
gravel is included in the preset but is missing from Carto styling or the JOSM map styling.
Although gravel is not in either of the styling, I think it should be kept in the preset because it's not too rare and is specific.
surface=ground is in the preset but it is not used at all in the Carto styling or the JOSM map styling.
I think ground is too vague and should be removed from the preset. If mappers are using aerial imagery and see that it is doesn't appear to be paved (that is asphalt or concrete), unpaved is a broad enough to represent it. If mappers know that it is not paved, then they should more specific tags like dirt or wood, etc as listed at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface
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9 years ago
we have 4 surface= tags in the preset at the moment: paved, unpaved, gravel, and ground.
Paved and unpaved are used consistently in each of the 3 entities.
gravel is included in the preset but is missing from Carto styling or the JOSM map styling.
Although gravel is not in either of the styling, I think it should be kept in the preset because it's not too rare and is specific.
surface=ground is in the preset but it is not used at all in the Carto styling or the JOSM map styling.
I think ground is too vague and should be removed from the preset. If mappers are using aerial imagery and see that it is doesn't appear to be paved (that is asphalt or concrete), unpaved is a broad enough to represent it. If mappers know that it is not paved, then they should more specific tags like dirt or wood, etc as listed at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface