What I usually use is highway=unclassified / surface=unpaved. Polyglot
2016-06-15 19:14 GMT+02:00 Paul Norman <[email protected]>: > On 6/15/2016 3:22 AM, Michael wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Here the word 'unclassified' is pretty misleading as well. For some >> reason 'highway=unclassified' does not mean that the road is not classified >> at all but does not have any special classification. In other words it is >> something like "other road" or any road that is not tertiary or above. >> > > The best translation into en_US for highway=unclassified is "minor road", > "other road" is also reasonable. > >> 'highway=track' is mainly about what the road is mainly used for, less >> what vehicle can be used on it. In Germany there is such a thing as >> 'highway=track, surface=paved' - but other than 'highway=unclassified' >> those tracks usually have sign limiting their use to agricultural use only. >> This is not really intuitive but that's just the way things evolved in OSM. >> > > Yes. a highway=track can be better paved and better maintained than a > highway=unclassified. > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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