[Tagging] highway=track access

[SomeoneElse]

Janko Mihelic' wrote:
> 2014-06-03 8:55 GMT+02:00 John Sturdy <jcg.sturdy at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jcg.sturdy at gmail.com>>:
>
>
>     They're not necessarily service roads --- they don't have to lead to
>     any premises at all; they're simply minor roads, usually unsealed.
>
>
> Then maybe:
> highway=unclassified  + unclassified=byway + surface=unpaved?
> Or highway=road + road=byway + surface=unpaved.
>

Some (but very few) "BOAT"s near me say "service road" to you when you 
look at them; most just say "track" or even "bridleway".  The only 
"unclassified" ones I can find are as a result of some newbie's* mapping 
and probably could benefit from a resurvey to see if they're best 
described as service roads or something else.  I certainly wouldn't use 
highway=road if I'd been and had a look, as that implies that no survey 
has taken place.

Essentially - map the physical and legal attributes separately; but map 
both as accurately as you can.

Cheers,

Andy


* me, back in 2009.  The overpass query for info was:

<osm-script output="json" timeout="25">
   <!-- gather results -->
     <query type="way">
       <has-kv k="highway" v="unclassified"/>
       <has-kv k="designation" v="byway_open_to_all_traffic"/>
       <bbox-query {{bbox}}/>
     </query>
   <!-- print results -->
   <print mode="body"/>
   <recurse type="down"/>
   <print mode="skeleton" order="quadtile"/>
</osm-script>

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