[talk-au] Overgrowing highway=track - change to path?

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Sun Nov 24 10:40:28 UTC 2024


On 24/11/24 15:26, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
> In that case, I'd say yep, change them to paths.

If it is still 'usable' by 4WD but access is restricted then it is still 
a track, just access=private.

Where it has reduced to a path then that is what it is. You can use 
was:highway=track to say it was that .. should make it fairly clear this 
is an intentional change.

>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
>
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 at 14:12, Tom Brennan<website at ozultimate.com> wrote:
>
>> Still open for foot traffic. They have locked gates at the start, at the
>> park or wilderness boundary.
>>
>> Eg:
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/224702842
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/224702384
>>
>> cheers
>> Tom
>> ----
>> Canyoning? tryhttp://ozultimate.com/canyoning
>> Bushwalking? tryhttp://bushwalkingnsw.com
>>
>> On 24/11/2024 2:26 pm, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
>>> Are they still open for foot traffic only, Tom, or closed completely?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Graeme
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 at 11:21, Tom Brennan<website at ozultimate.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> There are many fire trails that were closed by NSW NPWS in the late
>>>> 90s/early 00s, mainly due to wilderness declarations.
>>>>
>>>> They have been slowly overgrowing for many years. In some cases you can
>>>> still see the double tracks, in other cases they are just a single foot
>>>> track.
>>>>
>>>> Certainly you couldn't drive a vehicle on most of them without sending a
>>>> bulldozer through first.
>>>>
>>>> Anything to consider, or should I just change them to highway=path?
>>>> Perhaps with a note saying why they have been changed?
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>> Tom
>>>> ----
>>>> Canyoning? tryhttp://ozultimate.com/canyoning
>>>> Bushwalking? tryhttp://bushwalkingnsw.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>
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