Proposal:Usability

usability
Proposal status: Abandoned (inactive)
Proposed by: Sletuffe
Tagging: usability=1,2,3,4,5,6
Applies to: linear, area
Definition: physical usability of a way for wheeled vehicles
Statistics:
Draft started:
Proposed on: 2008-12-05

Rationale

Strongly based on key:smoothness

Provide a very narrow classification scheme regarding the physical usability of a way for wheeled vehicles.

Please see also the FAQ in the talk page's begining

Applies to

highway=* + area (such as amenity=parking, highway=pedestrian)

Deprecate

key:smoothness while still being close in goal to it.

Being more specific

Once this rough guess has been made (that could be well enough for beginners or lazy guys, since it holds in itself the very important question to renderers and routing programs : what vehicle do I need to go there ) users can increase the terrain knowledge with more specific tags :

Values

Proposal usable by : Picture example :
usability=1 (thin_rollers) roller blade/skate board and all below
usability=2 (thin wheels) racing bike/city bike/sport cars/wheel chair/Scooter and all below
usability=3 (wheels) trekking bike/normal cars and all below
usability=4 (robust_wheels) Car with high clearance/off road vehicles/Mountain bike without crampons and all below
usability=5 (off_road_wheels) tractor/ATV/tanks/trial/Mountain bike/Harvester (forestry)
usability=6 (impassable) no wheeled vehicles

Real life examples

Comments

On the talk page

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