On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 06:58:55PM +0100, Paul Allen wrote: > On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 18:46, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have always been under the impression that the highway tag should be > > based off of function. Recently I have come across a number of cases > > where driveways and residential roads were tagged "highway=track" > > (perhaps because they are unpaved?), e.g. [0]. Before I change these, > > I wanted to check with the rest of the community. > > > > It is not uncommon around this part of Wales for farms to have service > roads leading to them that barely qualify as a track. If it's functioning > as a service road or driveway, Those are tough calls.
I would not be comfortable tagging very rough tracks as anything but a track: if it requires a 4 wheel drive or agricultural vehicle to negotiate. I think a "road" normally implies navigation with a standard vehicle is possible. In general that implies at least some sort of paving. I would not be happy if someone changed a UK track into something else unless they have established that it had a proper surface. ael _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
