[talk-au] Mapping 'private roads'

[Andrew Harvey]

As you mention I can see these being useful for emergency services or
anyone who has been granted access to private roads/tracks.

If you're mapping based on what you can see from the aerial imagery, then I
see no issue with mapping these as access=private.

On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 at 09:46, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am in 2 minds about this ... these roads exist so they can be seen.
>
> They might be usefull navigational features;
>
> firstly to plot progress along a public road - you have just past this private road so you must he here on the map.
>
> secondly for any emergency services - mainly thinking of fire, particularly of non local fireies.
>
> Some object as mapping them may encourage inappropriate use.. "its on my map, so I can use it" is one of the responses. Sigh.
>
> Adding access=private works for some renders and not others.
>
> -------------------------
>
> I do like to see the map with all these tracks, even private ones.
>
> On the other hand I don't want people seeing a line on the map and thinking they can use it...
>
> ===================
>
> A middle ground? Show the start of the track and no more???
>
> --------------------------- From the Aust. Tagging Guidelines
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Road_Tagging
>
> How I would tag farm tracks..
> "highway=track Gravel fire trails, forest drives, 4WD trails and similar roads. "
>
> Then goes on to
>
> "highway=service Unnamed access roads. e.g.
> Entrance ways and roads in parks, government properties, beach access
> etc. Use a short service road where you may want to mark the entrance
> to a private/government area, but not map the interior private roads
> in detail."
>
> The problem here is that some raise the "not map the interior
> private roads in detail" as not mapping them at all.
>
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