Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >Sent: 01 October 2009 2:11 PM >To: Richard Fairhurst >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] potlach has wrong preset > >2009/10/1 Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]>: >> >> valentt wrote: >>> Hi, I have noticed that Potlach assigns wrong tags for dirt "dirt >track". >>> >>> When you select "dirt track" potlach adds highway=track and >>> surface=dirt tags. That wouldn't be an issue if the icon beside it >>> wouldn't be man walking. There should be a car icon instead of >>> man walking or the tag should be "highway=path" "surface=dirt" >>> >>> Am I missing something? >> >> highway=track does not imply a road for vehicles. If you want to do so >you >> should add some access tags. > >IMHO track does imply a width usable by 4-wheel-vehicles (even if >legislation in some parts of the world might not allow use by car). In >Germany we are using these for forestal and agricultural ways that are >indeed used by vehicles. I agree with valent that a car (or maybe >better a tractor) would be better icons than a pedestrian. >
And my rule of thumb is if a tractor uses it it's a track, this is basically the same assumption as a 4x4 off road usage. Otherwise it's something else, normally a footway/path etc if narrower. So, two ruts it's a track. If it's paved I tend to use highway=service. Time to put my tagging preferences on my wiki page perhaps :-) Cheers Andy >cheers, >Martin > >_______________________________________________ >dev mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
