Everywhere I've been in the US or Canada a dirt 'way' too narrow for a 4
wheel vehicle is called a trail, path, or single track. For the most
part they are appropriately (IMO) tagged as path. Unfortunately the wiki
says this for highway:path (the highlighting is mine):
/A non-specific path. //*Use **highway=footway
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway>**for paths
mainly for walkers, **highway=cycleway
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcycleway>**for one
also usable by cyclists, **highway=bridleway
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbridleway>**for ones
available to horse riders as well as walkers *//and //highway=track
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack>//for ones
which is passable by agriculture or similar vehicles./
I think it makes no sense to call a dirt path, open to more than 1 user
group, anything other than a path. Since about 98% of the trail
tagging that I've seen seems to agree, Is there consensus on this?
Perhaps if the international group likes the description as is, a
clarification on the US road tagging wiki page?
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging
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