[Tagging] Is tracktype=grade1 surface=compacted a valid combination?

[Volker Schmidt]

I used to use tracktype=grade1 on well maintained roads and cycle ways with
surface=fine_gravel and smoothness=good, but have given in to the nagging
of th JOSM validator, unhappily. There are thousands of unpaved roads in
places as different as the Baltic countries and Africa that have no
asphalt, but clearly "grade1" surfaces made of other materials.
Many asphalt roads in my area are clearly not grade1 due to lack of
maintenance and/or bad substructure.

On Tue, 13 Sep 2022, 09:00 Jeroen Hoek, <mail at jeroenhoek.nl> wrote:

> On 12-09-2022 22:11, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:
> > It seems to be changed on Wiki in
> >
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Map_Features:tracktype&diff=1627780&oldid=1448864
> > <
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Map_Features:tracktype&diff=1627780&oldid=1448864
> >
> > (maybe previous version was wrong!) but iD presets still have
> > "Solid: paved or heavily compacted hardcore surface"
>
> That edit on the wiki seems good to me. grade1 can still be something
> other than paved, but not usually.
>
> Personally, grade1 implies paved for me mapping in a temperate climate,
> but I can imagine that you can get to grade1 without a paved surface in
> arid climates. The wiki definition leaves room for this by prefacing it
> with 'Usually'.
>
> My only nuance here would be that badly paved tracks can fall into
> grade2 as well.
>
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