tl;dr: Please, add always surface tag and other similar tags as needed. I see that I answered at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Key:highway&diff=1844151&oldid=1843977 <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Key:highway&diff=1844151&oldid=1843977>
It is a tricky topic. Lets start from disclaimers: (1) I am from Poland and unfamiliar with US local situation (though I am familiar with hiking) (2) I was involved in one of highway=path controversies - see https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny/diary/35389 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Mateusz%20Konieczny/diary/35389> https://gist.github.com/gravitystorm/ff5a6fdc695f08de1751 <https://gist.github.com/gravitystorm/ff5a6fdc695f08de1751> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/1713 <https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/1713> Note that highway=footway is used in multiple ways. it may be used to indicate (1) a paved footway (2) way primarily for walking. In both cases I would encourage tagging also physical characteristics - at least surface=* (StreetComplete is useful here). "Path and track indicate the physical characteristics of the way." - I would dispute this. There are highway=track that are high-quality asphalt, there are ones that are overgrown/muddy/with deep sand. Note that tracktype=* exists. I would argue the same for highway=path, though many argue that surface=unpaved may be safely assumed there. "cycleway/footway/bridleway should be discouraged, and should be only used if that is the only permitted usage" - also for cases like highway=footway + bicycle=yes? Apr 19, 2019, 4:28 PM by bradha...@fastmail.com: > 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 > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging> >
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