Mike Harris wrote: > Hi > > I can't agree with Dave F's interpretation of the wiki for highway=track - > see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Highway where the > definition is given as: > > "Roads for agricultural use, gravel roads in the forest etc.; usually > unpaved/unsealed but may occasionally apply to paved tracks as well, see > tracktype=* for more guidance." > > This is the way in which I use it - and I thought that was relatively > uncontroversial. I would use a sport key for a race track etc. > > A path is never drivable by a mechanically-propelled vehicle - a track is > usually drivable by at least some sort of mechanically-propelled vehicle, > typically to the extent indicated by tracktype= > > I do, however, completely agree with his comments on highway=unclassified > (and highway=road) - where the former relates to minor roads in the > countryside that are less important than highway=tertiary - whether or not > they lead somewhere is subjective - they might be access roads only of no use > to through traffic or they might be minor links between villages or over a > mountain pass - but I would expect them to be drivable by a motor-car (not > necessarily 4WD). Round here I use them all the time to get from A to B - if > you know the road it is always shorter and often quicker than tackling the > main roads! > > Mike Harris > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dave F. [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 13 October 2009 11:33 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] are roads driveable? >> >> David ``Smith'' wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Aspen Swartz >>> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>> None of the categories are hard-and-fast, and especially >>>> >> since it's a >> >>>> user-generated map, your mileage on each road in your car may vary. >>>> Off the top of my head though, "footway", "path" and "pedestrian" >>>> probably won't take vehicles; "track" may only be suitable for >>>> 4-wheel drive vehicles; and in rural areas "driveway" and >>>> "residential" may not be free to access. "unclassified" >>>> >> may be tagged >> >>>> that way because the mapper didn't know the nature of the >>>> >> road. All >> >>>> the other roadtypes look driveable to me. >>>> >>>> >>> I thought highway=track was meant for race tracks. >>> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype >> >> >>> Running, horse >>> racing, auto racing, that sort of thing. >>> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:leisure >> >>> Isn't that what the wiki >>> says? If you're talking about a track left by occasional >>> >> passage of >> >>> animals or vehicles where there's no road, I think that's what >>> highway=path is for. >>> >>> Unclassified is a very poorly-named tag, because in reality >>> >> it is its >> >>> own distinct classification. It's used on mostly rural >>> >> roads that are >> >>> driveable enough, but don't go anywhere useful to through >>> >> traffic and >> >>> are not residential in nature. If the mapper doesn't know >>> >> the nature >> >>> of the road, it should be tagged highway=road. >>> >>> >>>
Hi Mike Just to avoid unnecessary confusion, were you replying to my of Dave Smith's reply. I didn't make any direct comments, I just posted links to the wiki which was already written. Cheers Dave F. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
