yes, yes, yes - this is the most sane summary of the road/track debate I've seen in quite a while. Of course, it also reopens the track/path argument, but I'll leave that to others to battle out.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Dale Puch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dale.puch@gmail.com">dale.puch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I have been reading thru these posts and havn't seen a consensus/summary yet. In my view it should be reasonably straight forward based on the tags we have. The point is to describe what is actually there.<br><br>highway= is for the type of road regardless of condition. A paved surface is assumed unless otherwise stated.<br>
If it does not have a name (and thus no addresses), it should be a track. This would typically be a 1 lane (total) or possible wide enough for 2. This probably assumes an unpaved surface by default.<br><br>See also Tracktype= for further track classification. <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype</a><br>
<br>Surface= is for describing the condition of the road when it does not match the assumed default. Unpaved works but isn't that descriptive. Gravel, dirt ect. would be a better choice.<br><br>Access= if it needs to be tagged private or other than full public access.<br clear="all">
<br>If there are further situations that need to be tagged, we probably want to either apply more tags to clarify the conditions, or better yet create a new subset of tags for specific use. I'm thinking of someone wanting to start tagging offroad trails for bikes, or 4wheel drive ect. I would think because of the narrowed focus of something like that it should be well separate from what most cars can drive. Sort of an oxymoron off-road roads.... :)<br>
<br>And as usual if other applications do not use the tags right, we need to e-mail the authors and ask for a change to fit the tags. I'm sure they prefer that to digging in the wiki to see if someone started using something new/different.<br>
<br>-- <br><font color="#888888">Dale Puch<br>
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