Hi All,
How would you calculate the liters of paint needed to cover all the streets of a specific country or city?
I would approach it like this:
1) Start with the area of that country/city
2) Assume that 20% is covered by nature/ crops, 50% by buildings (residential and non residential) and 30% by roads (incl. small country roads, medium roads, high-ways and residential streets and avenues)
3) Multiply the total area*30% and the find the area covered by streets
4) Assuming that with 1L of paint you can cover 20 sq.mt, divide the area covered by streets by 20 sq. mt
5) At the end, I would include an additional 20% of paint (in case of painting obstacles ) and mention that it perhaps also depeneds by the quality/ material of the roads.
Does this seem fair? I am not sure about the assumptions I give at point No.2 - Are there any other approaches?
Thanks!