<html><body> <br /><br /><blockquote>Hi Nathan, rather than difficult, I'm surprised how in agreement every one is ! Thanks folks ! If it goes on like this, I'll post a summary in a few days.<br /><br /><div style="width:100%;background:rgb(228,228,228);"><div style="font-weight:bold;">> From:</div> "Nathan Van Der Meulen" <natvander@yahoo.com></div><br /><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div><span><br />> Firstly, just because a road is dirt (unsealed/unpaved) doesn't make it any less important than many others.<br /><br />Far from it, I live on a dirt road !<br /><br />> David, while the Plenty Hwy may be considered a 'track' by some ...pass a few Falcons and Commodores), <br />Yeah, when I was there a few years ago, we passed a commodore, he had a broken rear axle.<br /><br />> it is in fact a NT state highway ....<br />Yep, you have it in one. Thats the problem of trying to define both the purpose and condition of the road using just one tag.<br /><br />> ....These just need to have their additional tags like surface=unpaved, 4wd_only=yes (or recommended) etc.<br />Exactly! But we need to see those tags used.<br /></span></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13.3333px;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>> I'm currently involved in a project using OSM data for map rendering <br />Cool, is the outcome for public consumption ?<br /><br />> highway=track as 4wd only tracks that don't serve a true connection purpose<br />Hmm, I don't see it that way. Be happy to if thats agreed widely but its not how I have been mapping. The wiki includes forest drives and file trails under 'track', most of which are not exclusively 4x4.<br /><br />> For our render, we use a different colour (brown) for all roads tagged unpaved, and are trying to get a dashed line for all roads tagged 4wd_only<br />Great, really great. But will the standards you use there be of any interest to the people making the main stream render engines ? Thats the problem IMHO, we put in these cool tags, 4x4_only= and surface= but it does not show up on the maps most people see.<br />Do you plan to differentiate between 4x4_only=yes and 4x4_only=recommended ?<br /><br />Thanks (everyone) for the constructive input.<br /><br />David<br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /></div>
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