<div dir="ltr">So, I realize that "any dirt or gravel road" is the most broad interpretation of highway=track, but if you follow the ref, it's taken directly from the West Virginia wiki page which discusses road classification in that state. I took that at face value that WV mappers actually have that interpretation. Since I haven't exhaustively looked at all of the state wiki pages, I don't know if that's a unique interpretation or is an interpretation that is representative of a broader subset of US mappers. The goal of writing that section in the wiki is to document how we actually map in the absence of any prescriptive guidance from community consensus.<div><br></div><div>However, dear US mappers, if we as a community feel that this interpretation sourced from WV's page is overbroad and not an appropriate usage in the US, it is entirely within our power to form a consensus otherwise and document that instead.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 1:47 PM Bob Gambrel <<a href="mailto:rjgambrel@gmail.com">rjgambrel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I have not tried to follow all of the discussion of this topic and was very glad to see the wiki produced. When I next run into a "to track or not to track" situation, I will be looking at the wiki. All of the discussion here will have been forgotten.<div><br></div><div>I only have one major objection to the wiki as written (and read by me on 2/24/2021 at 12:37 PM Central time).</div><div><br></div><div>Refer to:</div><div><br></div><div><ul style="margin:0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">For any dirt or gravel road<sup id="gmail-m_1281175055523941635gmail-cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:isolate;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);background:none" target="_blank">[2]</a></sup></li></ul><div><font color="#202122" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div></div><div><font color="#202122" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">I believe this bullet should be dropped. In almost any "real" road in Minnesota that I have driven on, the other highway classifications almost always apply. I know this does not say for "all dirt or gravel road".</span></font></div><div><font color="#202122" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#202122" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">The other bullets in the list and the main international wiki criteria are much more appropriate. If I were to read this bullet in the future (having forgotten the nuances debated here) I would be confused. </span></font></div><div><font color="#202122" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#202122" face="sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">All above IMHO. </span></font></div></div>
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