Following from this discussion about rendering (https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/110#issuecomment-31613867), it should make some sense to assume that tracks with tracktype=grade1/grade2 are physically capable of traffic and therefore usable/accessible (though at lower speed and greater care) unless other tags restrict it. So, it would make sense to restrict them by country only when the local community assumes they show up in a specific context that restricts access, such as private property (farms) or state controlled areas (forest) or so.
Tracks are usually physically possible for mountain bikes, and probably to city bikes too (though not quite adequate), as well as wheelchair on tracktype=grade1, so they would only be inaccessible if forbidden by law. Btw, I'm in Brazil. Here the popular opinion is that the single major difference between OSM's tracks and paths worldwide is the physical possibility of standard motor vehicle traffic (very inadequate or simply impossible on paths, but possible, though perhaps difficult, on tracks). If it's private/restricted by law, we also add access=private/no (similar to service ways). Surely in countries where tracks are assumed to be private, one would add access=yes/permissive/destination for the exceptions. On that list in the wiki, only Denmark restricts access to tracks completely. I find interesting that in Germany there is ongoing discussion about making them "destination" - that should make them routable at least for departure/arrival. On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Matthijs Melissen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19 May 2014 19:05, Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm interested to know what level of access people believe this implies in >> their home countries. > > In Luxembourg, highway=track normally cannot be used by vehicles. Most > of them have currently no access tag. > > -- Matthijs > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- Fernando Trebien +55 (51) 9962-5409 "Nullius in verba." _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
