<div dir="ltr">Thanks all!<div><br></div><div>I'm hearing a consensus that the standard documented on the West Virginia wiki page (essentially; any dirt/gravel road) is outside of the national consensus on this issue -- and until we hear from a local WV mapper -- may possibly be written in error. I've updated the highway=track wiki page to document this apaprent consensus.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 6:31 PM Clifford Snow <<a href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us">clifford@snowandsnow.us</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"><div>Zeke,</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 1:47 PM Zeke Farwell <<a href="mailto:ezekielf@gmail.com" target="_blank">ezekielf@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"><div><div>+1. In Vermont we have more miles of dirt road than paved road: <a href="https://vtrans.vermont.gov/planning/maps/stats" target="_blank">https://vtrans.vermont.gov/planning/maps/stats</a><br></div>These should not all be converted to highway=track!<br></div><div><br></div><div>I think it would be good to state on the wiki where the line is between unclassified/residential and track if we can find it. Seems pretty clear to me that "good for most cars" = unclassified/residential, and "only good for off road vehicles" = track. But the middle ground of "fine for high clearance vehicles, sketchy for others, might need 4WD, but still an official town road" is less clear. There are quite a few of these in my area currently tagged as "highway=track", but maybe "highway=unclassified, surface=unpaved, smoothness=very_bad" would be more appropriate? I'm happy to start converting roads like this if we have consensus and it's documented on the wiki.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Highway unclassified around my area is used in rural areas as the lowest level of classification but above service and track. Often found connecting houses in business to cities either directly or via higher classification roads. I like to think of them as rural residential where the residents are spread out over long distances. </div><div><br></div><div>The wiki has a pretty good definition:</div><div>The tag highway=unclassified is used for minor public roads typically at the lowest level of the interconnecting grid network. Unclassified roads have lower importance in the road network than tertiary roads, and are not residential streets or agricultural tracks. highway=unclassified should be used for roads used for local traffic, and for roads used to connect other towns, villages or hamlets. Unclassified roads are considered usable by motor cars. Public roads of low importance within town and cities that are not residential may also be highway=unclassified.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Clifford</div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>@osm_washington<br></div><div><a href="https://www.snowandsnow.us" target="_blank">www.snowandsnow.us</a></div><div>OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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