[OSM-talk-be] Track Grade 1

[Ben Laenen]

Kenny Moens wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Are there any formal conventions in BE about the Track Grade1? I see
> them appearing regularly in the area between Brussels and Leuven, and
> also around Sint-Truiden for roads limited to agricultural use.
> Personally I tend to avoid them and instead use the highway=unclassified
> tag as long as they are paved (with the necessary restrictions applied
> on it).

I agree. If it's paved then it's unclassified (or residential or service) -- 
and I'd like to see that as some sort of convention.

The grade 1 for paved "tracks" is just a bad idea as it creates another fuzzy 
distinction between unclassified and track. IIRC, the German OSM'ers thought 
it was a good idea so they put it on the wiki without discussion, even when 
the definition of highway=track had always been an unpaved road to that point.

Greetings
Ben