The German page for track [1] clearly states that the difference between a
track and a unclassified road is in the usage. When it is used for forestry
of by farmers (has to be signed as such if I understand it correctly), it's
a track, no matter the surface.
They do not mention highway=service
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Am 09.07.2015 um 01:57 schrieb John Willis jo...@mac.com:
In summary - it costs us nothing to treat these as a service road - and it
gets us more detail at high zooms and more accurately reflects the road
system as it exists - where the tracks are and aren't, and they
On Jul 9, 2015, at 4:57 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com
wrote:
I may be wrong, but I've always seen (rural) service roads as (typically
relatively short) access ways
I normally do too. But Alleys are sometimes a kilometer long, paralleling the
major road. This idea is
Oh, and it's not really an alley, so I wouldn't tag it as such.
A
On 08/07/2015, Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com wrote:
We have something similar in Korea. I have been using (and
recommending) highway=service.
They're not really tracks, as they are proper roads, with a concrete
or
On 08/07/2015, johnw jo...@mac.com wrote:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.431238,139.246753,3a,78y,233.04h,65.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqk2OIIDRfkCjb8uqWNbkhw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
To me this (along with the description) is highway=track
tracktype=grade1. You can add surface, lanes, maxspeed,
On 7/8/2015 2:44 AM, Andrew Errington wrote:
They're not really tracks, as they are proper roads, with a concrete
or tarmac surface, But, they don't really go anywhere.
Tracks can be paved - tracktype=grade1 normally is paved, or is built to
equivalent quality.
I agree, but I based my choice on the description in the wiki.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dservice
On 08/07/2015, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:
On 7/8/2015 2:44 AM, Andrew Errington wrote:
They're not really tracks, as they are proper roads, with a concrete
or tarmac
I live in Japan, where most of the flat land is covered in extremely mixed use
cities and farm fields. Being an old asian country, there are tons and tons of
old windy local roads that go everywhere, and being a first wold country, also
a modern roadway system meant for cars. The modern roadway
We have something similar in Korea. I have been using (and
recommending) highway=service.
They're not really tracks, as they are proper roads, with a concrete
or tarmac surface, But, they don't really go anywhere. I change the
tags when the road actually becomes a track (two lines of worn dirt
On 7/8/2015 1:25 AM, johnw wrote:
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The issue is that these “small windy roads that go everywhere” go
nowhere. the land they access is for farming the subdivided sections
... lead you on a tour of the local rice plots and hills.
it is basically access for the farmers, which then have
We have something similar in Korea. I have been using (and
recommending) highway=service.
I can get behind that.
On Jul 8, 2015, at 6:54 PM, Paul Norman penor...@mac.com wrote:
Tracks can be paved - tracktype=grade1 normally is paved, or is built to
equivalent quality.
This is vey
Then why did they keep track+level1+paved at all? It's like calling it a
motorway level 9. Its shoehorned into somewhere it doesn't belong.
These roads may have a similar purpose - local access - but the grade of the
road is completely out of the category I would ever call a track.
There are
I have seen some people insist that highway=track only be used if the
landuse Is farmland, but not if the land is covered by bushes or trees
because no cultivation is taking place.
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On Jul 9, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com wrote:
very rough construction
Most of these are in very good condition, comparable to the residential or
unclassified roads. They are well made and well maintained, besides the summer
overgrowth that grows too
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On Jul 9, 2015, at 6:03 AM, John Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote:
I have seen some people insist that highway=track only be used if the landuse
Is farmland, but not if the land is covered by bushes or trees because no
cultivation is taking place.
That is weird as
I looked at that street view. To me, the way ahead (slightly to the left)
is highway=track. The roads to the left, right and behind are
highway=service.
A
On 8 July 2015 at 19:27, johnw jo...@mac.com wrote:
We have something similar in Korea. I have been using (and
recommending)
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On Jul 9, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com wrote:
highway=track
Yes, it is where a grade 3(?) track meets the service roads.
^_^
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On 9/07/2015 7:03 AM, John Willis wrote:
Then why did they keep track+level1+paved at all? It's like calling it a
motorway level 9. Its shoehorned into somewhere it doesn't belong.
These roads may have a similar purpose - local access - but the grade of the road is
completely out of the
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