[OSM-newbies] what's a track?

[Aspen Swartz]

No, I don't think there's a special tag for racing surfaces.  From the wiki:

Tag:highway=track
Roads for agricultural use, gravel roads in the forest etc.; usually
unpaved/unsealed but may occasionally apply to paved tracks as well.


and from me:  Track fills the space between well-maintained, paved,
through roads and those ways left by occasional passage of animals or
vehicles where there's no road (which probably wouldn't even be mapped
in most cases; highway:path seems to be mostly for more intentional
ways).  In the west in the US, most roads are tracks, simply because
there are so many miles of logging roads, private rural driveways
(which may be 5 miles long), access roads maintained by the forest
service and park service, ranch access roads, etc.  They are an
important link between paved roads and trailheads, fishing spots,
campgrounds, hot springs, hunting areas, logging areas, mines,
beaches, etc.

for example:  http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=46.0439&lon=-123.7985&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF

from the wiki for path:

If a path is wide enough for four-wheel-vehicles, and it is not
legally signposted or otherwise only allowed for pedestrians, cyclists
or horseriders, it is often better tagged as a highway=track.

Aspen (eulochon)

>
> I thought highway=track was meant for race tracks.  Running, horse
> racing, auto racing, that sort of thing.  Isn't that what the wiki
> says?  If you're talking about a track left by occasional passage of
> animals or vehicles where there's no road, I think that's what
> highway=path is for.
>
> Unclassified is a very poorly-named tag, because in reality it is its
> own distinct classification.  It's used on mostly rural roads that are
> driveable enough, but don't go anywhere useful to through traffic and
> are not residential in nature.  If the mapper doesn't know the nature
> of the road, it should be tagged highway=road.
>
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