[talk-au] NSW Bridle Track

[Mark Pulley]

> On 21 Feb 2023, at 2:42 pm, Josh Marshall <josh.p.marshall at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Australian road tagging guidelines at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines/Roads <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines/Roads> arguably override the general OSM guidelines, and they read:
> 
> highway=track: "Service and access roads that aren't part of the general road network. Generally not paved, often not public access for vehicles."... in rural "Fire trails, forest drives, 4WD tracks, and similar roads.
> 
> highway=unclassified is: "Minor roads that are neither tertiary or residential roads. Not generally through routes."
> 
> Given that, I'd argue =track is the right option.


When I surveyed the Bridle Track back in 2009 (I think this was the year before the landslide) I picked highway=track as it was very rough. I don’t remember if it was signposted four-wheel-drive only, but I can still remember the look of shock on the face of the tourist information lady at Hill End when I mentioned I had arrived via the Bridle Track in my two-wheel-drive vehicle!

The new section bypassing the landslide at Monaghans Bluff looks good in the photos I’ve seen of the construction, but whether it remains good is another question. There was no work on the remainder of the track.

If the classification was changed to highway=unclassified, it will definitely need the addition of 4wd_only=recommended

highway=tertiary is wrong. I would not use the DCS NSW Base Map as a source for the highway classification. I’ve seen too many errors in this map to trust this. (As an example, in Armidale NSW, Boorolong Road comes in from the west as a tertiary road. As it enters Armidale, the main road then follows Handel Street / Queen Elizabeth Drive, but the Base Map takes the road classification across the train line and along Shambrook Avenue, a minor and narrow road.)

I’ll have a look at the new road when I can (if not this weekend, then the weekend after), as I live close by.

Mark P.

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