<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 1:10 PM Rihards <<a href="mailto:richlv@nakts.net">richlv@nakts.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">While possibly correct for western Europe, more eastwards that is not<br>
correct. A lot of compacted roads. By distance, probably more than paved.<br>
Pure gravel usually is reserved for smaller segments where very low<br>
travel speed is expected - like service roads for new residential<br>
development, driveways etc.<br></blockquote><div>Yeah, I grew up in Germany, and while we have almost no unpaved highway=unclassified and above, there is a dense network of agricultural and forestry tracks that would fall under the current surface=compacted definition. These generally have access restricted to non-motorized traffic and forestry/agricultural use. Stuff like this: <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZAojzG2aPvD01BGF2">https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZAojzG2aPvD01BGF2</a> <br></div><div>Funnily enough, the way in that picture is also tagged as surface=gravel. <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/40755302">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/40755302</a> <br><br></div><div>So I guess we North Americans aren't the only ones confused about this.<br><br></div><div> Harald.<br></div></div></div>