[Tagging] Use of highway=track vs highway=service cemeteries, parks, allotment gardens, golf courses, and recreation areas

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 26 Feb 2021, at 06:55, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:
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>  Contrast that with the older style that is more strictly "highway=service MEANS paved" and "highway=track MEANS unpaved."  That's old-school now that we have surface=* tags — though a fair bit of this style exists in the map.


I am aware it was done like this in some areas, but it wasn’t accurate even 13 years ago when I started to map. tracktype=grade1 for paved tracks was already there back then.

The typical physical appearance of tracks really depends on the area, in some regions most longer tracks are paved, in others there are hardly any paved tracks.

Cheers Martin