Re: [Talk-ca] BC Resource Roads
Resource Roads are tricky for me. They often have access restrictions and may be closed and barricaded once a lease expires or a forestry block has been replanted. (at least in Manitoba) I use either highway=track tracktype=grade3 or highway=path FIXME: verify accesibility by trucks and ATVs, may be blocked http://osm.org/go/Wt2D1rA Shows some logging roads I mapped a while ago. These roads will likely exist as cutlines for 10+ years after logging operations have moved on, and some roads will continue to be maintained by the government as fireguards. Ultimately I don't think you can go wrong with highway=track unless you know the road is barricaded to block vehicle access. Sam ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
[Talk-ca] BC Resource Roads
I was importing some CanVec in northern BC and came across a resource road on bing, which I also added, but I realized I wasn't positive on the best tagging. A typical example is http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=59.395lon=-122.074zoom=16 These roads exist for forestry and oil and gas use. In this particular region they're primarily built for accessing oil and gas leases and have trucks running to/from the wells. They aren't generally used for through traffic. They are almost always unpaved but maintained to some minimum standard. There seem to be to be three obvious tagging choices (aside from highway=road which is never wrong) highway=track tracktype=grade1 highway=service surface=unpaved highway=unclassified surface=unpaved I am in favour of the first (track with tracktype) but would like to get some thoughts from others. As an aside, these roads are not in Google, CanVec or any other sources I quickly checked. ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
Re: [Talk-ca] BC Resource Roads
In Newfoundland, they're called resource roads, and while they are maintained in the summer, they are not plowed in the winter. So, in the winter they are only used as skidoo or ATV trails. How about proposing a new tag like highway=resource-road ? Incidentally, geofabrik's OSM inspector flags highway=road as an error (Under the highways category). On Monday, November 12, 2012 6:59 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote: I was importing some CanVec in northern BC and came across a resource road on bing, which I also added, but I realized I wasn't positive on the best tagging. A typical example is http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=59.395lon=-122.074zoom=16 These roads exist for forestry and oil and gas use. In this particular region they're primarily built for accessing oil and gas leases and have trucks running to/from the wells. They aren't generally used for through traffic. They are almost always unpaved but maintained to some minimum standard. There seem to be to be three obvious tagging choices (aside from highway=road which is never wrong) highway=track tracktype=grade1 highway=service surface=unpaved highway=unclassified surface=unpaved I am in favour of the first (track with tracktype) but would like to get some thoughts from others. As an aside, these roads are not in Google, CanVec or any other sources I quickly checked. ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca ___ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
