Talk:Tag:surface=fine gravel

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Why description given here is basically describing surface=compacted? Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 16:17, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

I think surface compacted is referring to a maximum particle size of 20mm and fine gravel a maximum of 1mm. In common English usage both surfaces compact because of a mix of particle size. Lots of confusion and tag misuse because the tags are inconsistent with English Tonyf1 (talk) 19:29, 24 November 2022 (UTC) I have added 5mm for fine and 20mm for compacted Tonyf1 (talk) 04:19, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

I'm also quite concerned about it. For surfaces of compacted fine gravel (i.e. fine gravel/grit which is NOT loose ), surface=compacted has always been used -- there would've been no need to add the synonym for it. On the other hand, surface=fine_gravel was in my experience always used for gravel/grit that is smaller than surface=gravel (AKA "ballast"), but which is as loose as it (i.e. cca. 3-6mm loose fine gravel/grit)/ Tag:surface=gravel#Tag_history has some history about it. But by the time someone "documented" it on the wiki, they seem to have lost that (possibly because in some parts of the world surface=compacted is called "gravel road") --mnalis (talk) 15:54, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi Mnalis. Sorry if I have lost meaning. Maybe you could add a few photos. Tonyf1 (talk) 05:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

I started https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/surface-fine-gravel-is-it-for-loose-gravel-or-duplicate-of-surface-compacted/7533 Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 21:18, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

can someone write a consensual description ? Marc marc (talk) 21:15, 11 February 2023 (UTC)