[OSM-newbies] highway=path, type={primary,secundary}?

[Dirk-Lüder Kreie]

Xan schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there any way of marking the "importance" of a path? Clearly in the 
> forest there are primary paths and secondary paths (which begin from the 
> primary paths). Something like type=primary, type=secondary, ...?

In Europe those are mostly tracks (wide enough for a 2-tracked vehicle
to pass through) and the "importance" can be read off of the
grade/tracktype.
for paths (only wide enough for walking or a horse/bicycle/motorcycle
etc) you can also use the physical features.
IMO this gives a much better picture about the tracks and paths in a
forest. And the "importance" is almost directly mappable to the physical
features, i.e. an important path or track is much better maintained, and
usualla also better equipped (maybe even paved), or at least wider as a
less important counterpart.


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Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie
Bremen - 53.0901°N 8.7868°E

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