[talk-au] NSW Bridle Track

[Warin]

On 22/2/23 08:27, Mark Pulley wrote:
>> 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 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.


I have a report Feb 6th halfway down the first hill from Hill End, the 
council had dozers and graders on the road getting it looking good...

>
> 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.


Thanks, I think it will be busy, take care.

>
> Mark P.
>
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