I usually tag these with ref=NFD xxxx as appropriate and remove the name if the name only contains the ref. Same with NF roads. Not entirely sure how to handle tribal highways, network US:* isn't appropriate since if it's tribal land, it's technically outside of the United States based on the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Paul Norman <[email protected]> wrote: > Following up on mappy hour comments on National Forest Development roads I > ran some queries. > > There are about 24000 ways with this starting their name in OSM. Most of > them are in WA, OR, ID, MT or NV. Some others are found in AK, AR or NM. > They are, not surprisingly, found in forested regions. There are 4676 > unique > names of these roads, but many of these are really duplicates. > > As far as I can tell these are distinct from "Forest Roads" which are > larger > routes. > > Most of the information found is about the 2001 push to map these roads and > environmental impacts. Little can be found about numbering. > > http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_007250.pdf states > that > Forest development roads are assigned a number and inventoried by traffic > service levels > A through D. Not all forest development roads are marked on the ground. > This > document is from Florida. > > According to 36 CFR 261.2 > > "Forest development road" means a road wholly or partly within or adjacent > to and serving a part of the National Forest System and which has been > included in the Forest Development Road System Plan > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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