[Tagging] Proposed rewrite Of highway=track wiki page - Third Draft

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Apr 7, 2021, 14:41 by zelonewolf at gmail.com:

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> On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 7:59 AM Christoph Hormann <> osm at imagico.de> > wrote:
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>> You could write something like: Roads that primarily serve as access to the land itself and as such are further characterized by low use frequency and don't practically serve a regular connectivity role in the regular road network.
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> This is an improvement, but I think it's still too verbose.  I would say:
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> Low-usage land access roads
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This is not really working. There are highway=track with heavy traffic.
With high number of passages of logging trucks every day, 
at least during logging season.
There are highway=service service=driveway
not used even once for months or years.


> "low usage" is redundant with "not a regular connective role"
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Maybe in some places, but not generally.

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>  and the description of "regular road network" is confusing, because of course they ARE connected to the regular road network and therefore a part of it 
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"regular road network" could be defined a bit better. But they are nor part of it
(for example garage and driveway and home is also connected to 
"regular road network without being part of it).

> Alternately, it might imply that these are private (as opposed to public) roads, but that is also often not true.
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It is not about this, or at least it should not be about this.

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