[Tagging] Help explain the difference between path and track

[brad]

It already says this:
"Some highway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=track 
are used for various leisure activities - hiking, cycling, or as 
jeep/ATV trails. "
on the track wiki. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack

I propose changing the path page from this:
"If a path is wide enough for 4-wheel-vehicles (wider than 2 m), and it 
is not legally signposted or otherwise only allowed for pedestrians, 
cyclists or horseriders, it is often better tagged as a highway 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=track 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack> or highway 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=service 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dservice>. "

to this:
"If a path is wide enough for 4-wheel-vehicles (wider than 2 m), it is 
often better tagged as a highway 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=track 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack> or highway 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>=service 
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dservice>. "

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath

To clarify, we could change the track page from this:
"This tag <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag> represents roads for 
mostly agricultural use, forest tracks etc.; often unpaved (unsealed) 
but may apply to paved tracks as well, that are suitable for /two/-track 
vehicles, such as tractors or jeeps."
to this:
"This tag <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag> represents roads for 
agricultural use, forest tracks, *recreation*, etc.; often unpaved 
(unsealed) but may apply to paved tracks as well, that are suitable for 
/two/-track vehicles, such as tractors or jeeps. "

On 6/9/20 11:52 AM, Mike Thompson wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 8:43 AM Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > If the way is used by "law enforcement, emergency, and maintenance 
> staff" motor vehicles then I'd tag it highway=track and if it's 
> designated for walking then foot=designated + motor_vehicle=private, 
> since it's wide enough and occasionally used by vehicles, even for a 
> path that is mostly used for walking.
> This is just the opposite advice I got on this list about a similar 
> situation a couple of weeks ago. As a community we need to have some 
> consistency.  There is another user (other than I or cosmocatalano) 
> who is going around making the exact opposite changes as 
> cosmocatalano.  If the community agrees with you and cosmocatalano, I 
> will map accordingly and make changes in my local area along those 
> lines, but I don't want to have the same conversation here two weeks 
> from now.
>
> > you'd need to still indicate it's usable by motor vehicle
> width=<some value greater than ~1 meter> + 
> smoothness=very_bad/bad/intermediate/good/excellent
>
>
>
>
>     On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 at 00:32, Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:miketho16 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I know we have had this discussion before, but perhaps some of
>         you that are more elegant (and diplomatic) can comment on:
>         https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/85034574
>
>
>         These ways exist only to provide recreation to those on foot,
>         bicycle or horseback.  One will occasionally see a park
>         maintenance vehicle, such as a side by side ATV (I don't think
>         one could even get a regular four wheeled vehicle back
>         there.), but the public is not allowed to operate motor
>         vehicles on these ways.
>
>         Mike
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