I’m on Street Complete and I’m trying to differentiate between Concrete, Concrete slabs, and concrete lanes. There’s a walkway that’s just a normal concrete walkway, I didn’t know there were so many designations for this.

  • triplenadir@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    There might be something on the wiki, in the meantime how I decide is:

    • if it’s a single expanse of poured concrete it’s Concrete
    • if there is dirt / grass between two parallel tracks of concrete (whether or not the tracks have any joins) it’s Concrete Lanes
    • if it’s just concrete but there are seams where it’s been poured separately, Concrete Slabs

    And if it’s anything else I skip.

    • Tyoda@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You’re only supposed to use slabs (plates) if they were pre-made. If it was poured (whether in one batch or multiple), the wiki says it should be just “concrete”.

      https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:surface :

      concrete: Portland cement concrete, forming a large surface, typically cast in place and may have predetermined breaking joints. For pre-fabricated plates, please use concrete:plates or concrete:lanes if you know how the concrete is laid out and one of these tags fits.

      edit: Tbh most people probably don’t realize this, I probably mistagged some myself. I assume even advanced software would treat “concrete” and “concrete:plates” equally, perhaps giving some special treatment for “concrete:lanes”.