I also agree, but would add - I think Derrick may also be pondering Wilderness (US designated), where by law no motorized vehicles; although before the designation a highway=track (traditionally/wiki-described) may exist - should we just add access=non_motorized , or similar (not looking at the wiki to see if that's an actual tag).
But, if for say a National Forest has a non_motorized vehicle 'trail', but is sometimes accessed by official vehicles, then access=restriced or whatever the correct tag is; should be used and keep it highway=track =Russ -----Original Message----- From: Richard Welty [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 9:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Is the distinction between path and track dependent upon... On 3/10/14 11:14 AM, derrick nehrenberg wrote: > In my opinion highway=track designates some type of full-size motor vehicle > travel (e.g. 2WD cars, 4WD trucks, and tractors), whereas highway=path > designates either non motorized travel (e.g. hiking, horse, bicycle) and > less-than full size motor travel (snowmobile, motorcycle, ATV, etc.). > Furthermore, it seems rather counter-intuitive to prefer highway=track if > tags like horse=yes, bicycle=yes, motorcycle=yes are subsequently used. > i agree with this formulation richard -- [email protected] Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
