[Tagging] highway=service, service=driveway vs highway=track

[Mike Thompson]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 2:45 PM Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:

> Not really germane to driveways, but a major distinction, at least
> around me (ma.us) is that
>
>   a road is a legal thing, with its own parcel
>
>   a track is an agricultural road, or old time logging road, within a
>   parcel
Here in Colorado some roads have their own parcels, some are just
"rights of way."


> I also agree that this is a problem partially becuase of the default
> style not showing dirt roads as dirt.  Whether a road is dirt or paved
> is hugely important in all areas where both types exist.  My impresssion
> is that England doesn't really have dirt roads because they would be too
> muddy.  In New England they are quite common.
Dirt roads (not paved with asphalt or concrete) are very common here
in both the mountains as well as the plains.