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

[Xan]

En/na Craig Wallace ha escrit:
> On 26/03/2010 14:26, Xan wrote:
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>> En/na Dirk-Lüder Kreie ha escrit:
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>
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>>> 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.
>>>
>>>       
>> In the wiki page of path
>> [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath], there is a
>> comment abput that it's enough wide for 4-tracked vehicle to pass
>> throught and not legally impeded, then it's track. You mention
>> 2-tracked. What is the real?
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>
> I think this just a question of confusing terminology.
> That wiki page says a "4-wheeled" vehicle. A 4 wheeled vehicle has 2 
> tracks (usually), as the front 2 wheels and rear 2 wheels are lined up 
> with each other.
>
> So on soft ground it will create 2 obvious ruts. eg like the photo here: 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Fr%C3%BChlingslandschft_Aaretal_Schweiz.jpg
> So I would say that photo is of a highway=track, not highway=path.
>
> Or also see "singletrack" in mountain biking terms: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_track_%28mountain_biking%29
> That refers to a path wide enough to fit a bike along, but its too 
> narrow for a 4 wheeled vehicle.
>
> Craig
>
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Thanks. I solve that.
@ Thomas: I will be consistent. Don't worry. ;-)