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.

  • @BitSoundEnglish
    8•1 month ago

    I was also confused. I’ve been using concrete:plates for almost all walkways that I’ve encountered. On surface=concrete:plates it says this:

    surface=concrete - concrete forming a large surface, typically cast in place and may have predetermined breaking joints

    Which is confusing, because sidewalks AFAIK are cast in place and have predetermined breaking joints, but it seems like surface=concrete is more for mostly continuous concrete surfaces regardless of that text?

    • TipponEnglish
      2•1 month ago

      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 :)