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More surfaces available for paths #2000

Closed rhhsm closed 4 years ago

rhhsm commented 4 years ago

I noticed that for (foot)paths, not many surfaces are available to choose from. I especially miss "gravel" (instead "pebblestones" is available which looks similar on the photo). When selecting "show more", it shows choices that I think are only used for tracks. I would like the options for path surfaces to be more similar to those available for roads...

By the way, speaking of available reply options, I once has a quest for what was grown in an orchard, with "tomatoes" and "paprikas" available. By definition, what's grown in orchards is grown on trees, so if tomatoes were grown there, it wouldn't be called an orchard :) I was also surprised by some exotic options available for sports areas, such as Canadian & Australian football. Would be nice if these were not offered in Europe. The option "table tennis" that I needed wasn't available.

Ideally, the available answer options could be made dependent on the frequency of answers already present in that (wide) area, but that's probably not easy to code?

westnordost commented 4 years ago

There should be both gravel and fine gravel. Though I think I have never seen a footway with gravel. Gravel would be the kind of surface on which the railroad ties are laid down on for a railway.

Fine gravel

Gravel

In which country are you contributing?

Atrate commented 4 years ago

@rhhsm

By definition, what's grown in orchards is grown on trees

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dorchard OSM considers plantations and other fruit/vegetable cultivation techniques (except for stuff that would comprise a farmland) collectively as "orchards"

rhhsm commented 4 years ago

There should be both gravel and fine gravel.

I see asphalt, paving stones, dirt, pebblestones, concrete and compacted, and as secondary options paved, unpaved and ground.

Though I think I have never seen a footway with gravel.

There are a few in my area. Unpleasant to walk on, but cheaper than fine gravel.

In which country are you contributing?

Bulgaria, with Dutch language. Are the answer options location or language dependent?

smichel17 commented 4 years ago

secondary options paved, unpaved and ground.

This part is a duplicate of #1952

Atrate commented 4 years ago

as secondary options paved, unpaved and ground

As smichel17 pointed out, you can press on the secondary categories to reveal more surfaces.

rhhsm commented 4 years ago

as secondary options paved, unpaved and ground

As smichel17 pointed out, you can press on the secondary categories to reveal more surfaces.

I never guessed there were more options to be found there. I think the structure of answer options should be simplified. As long as the most common options are on the first page, I don't think anyone will mind scrolling through more pages with options for less frequent ones.

westnordost commented 4 years ago

Maybe the original surface-quest could be changed to not offer the generic choices (ground, unpaved, paved) at all anymore but only the concrete values. Basically, use @matkoniecz implementation of the "what specific surface does this road have?"

westnordost commented 4 years ago

I am closing this