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.
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.
I have to say it only adds to my confusion. What the heck is a “concrete plate”??
the example looks like the worst possible surface imaginable for a road.
I was also confused. I’ve been using
concrete:platesfor almost all walkways that I’ve encountered. On surface=concrete:plates it says this:Which is confusing, because sidewalks AFAIK are cast in place and have predetermined breaking joints, but it seems like
surface=concreteis more for mostly continuous concrete surfaces regardless of that text?As I understand it, concrete plates, at least in the UK, tend to be quite big, like the road here:
Concrete Road
You might find though that pavements / sidewalks are made up of smaller plates, as they’re easier to transport and fit, rather than waiting for a large area of concrete to set. The only paths that I can think of right now that are concrete are on private property, so I can’t link to them. They’re things like garden paths and are continuous.
If you’re not sure though, you can always tag as surface=concrete and let someone else add any extra detail in the future. At least then the basics are there :)