[OSM-talk-be] Fwd: Re: tagging conventions

s8evq s8evqq at runbox.com
Tue Jan 5 08:48:00 UTC 2021


Here's another example of a paved track, with tracktype=1:
https://goo.gl/maps/BezMBe9H6qjAiuQy8
This is mainly used by pedestrians. I have only once seen a maintenance crew use this road. So yes, perhaps "forestry use"?
But I would not see this as unclassified. Marc pointed us to the definition: "should be used for roads used for local traffic, and for roads used to connect other towns," That doesn't fir for me here.


On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 20:00:51 +0100, EeBie <ebe050 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just to remind. The international convention is: _tracks_ are roads for 
> mostly /agricultural or forestry uses/.
> 
> This is not in contrast to the practice in Belgium where most paved 
> roads in the fields are tagged as _unclassified_.
> Those roads are not only used by agricultural vehicles, they do not end 
> in a field or meadow,
> but they are through roads between villages often more used by cyclists 
> than bytractors.
> 
> There are almost no paved roads with access restricted to agricultural 
> vehicles.
> When there is no traffic sign to restrict access to these paved road, 
> tagging as track is wrong.
> If there is a road sign, it is usually F99C meaning that those roads are 
> not specially meant for agriculture vehicles
> but also designed for bicycles, pedestrians and horses. So classifying 
> as /unclassified/is best.
> 
> Paved roads for agricultural useonly can be tagged as track with 
> tracktype grade1.
> But whenpaved smaller roads can and are used for bicycle trips, I like 
> to keep them as ‘unclassified’ and
> I do my best to change those in this way.
> In that way they look as quality roads on the map and not as tracks.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> E.
> 
> 
> 
> -------- Doorgestuurd bericht --------
> Onderwerp: 	Re: [OSM-talk-be] tagging conventions
> Datum: 	Sun, 3 Jan 2021 19:54:20 +0100
> Van: 	Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com>
> Antwoord-naar: 	OpenStreetMap Belgium <talk-be at openstreetmap.org>
> Aan: 	OpenStreetMap Belgium <talk-be at openstreetmap.org>
> 
> 
> 
> I agree that it makes no sense to require that a track is unpaved. Take 
> e.g. this road: https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/6Rt57ujlrmgcfRttgbeFXm 
> What else can it be than a track?
> 
> As for the difference between cycleway and path, that is more difficult. 
> For me, a cycleway requires a D7 sign. Without this sign, it is a path. 
> A Jaagpad is also no cycleway. See the wiki for the latest tagging of 
> Jaagpaden.
> 
> regards
> 
> m.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 5:16 PM Wouter Hamelinck 
> <wouter.hamelinck at gmail.com <mailto:wouter.hamelinck at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     It is a discussion that comes back once in a while and I agree that
>     having a separate Belgian meaning for a very common tag as track
>     makes no sense. I'm also following the international wiki in that
>     regard.
> 
>     wouter
> 
>     On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 7:00 PM s8evq <s8evqq at runbox.com
>     <mailto:s8evqq at runbox.com>> wrote:
> 
>         I was not aware of these national conventions, and therefor also
>         never adhered to it. I always used the wiki pages on the
>         different highway types. I'm not sure why we would need to
>         differ from the international standards. It's already hard
>         enough as is :)
> 
>         On Sat, 02 Jan 2021 17:21:55 +0100, Jan Cnops
>         <jan.cnops at scarlet.be <mailto:jan.cnops at scarlet.be>> wrote:
> 
>          > Hi,
>          > An Overpass Turbo query shows that there are quite some ways
>         tagged as
>          > higway=track and tracktype=grade1, so definitely paved.
>          > In a somewhat wider perspective: I recently saw a road
>         retagged to
>          > highway=service. In the past that road had been mapped at
>         various times
>          > as highway=cycleway, highway=path and highway=track with
>          > tracktype=grade1.
>          > This kind of retagging happens rather often, and it shows
>         there is a
>          > problem there: it is clear that it makes the map less useful
>         than it
>          > could be. If mappers are confused about what a way should be
>         tagged
>          > like, users will be confused what a certain tag means for the
>         road.
>          > Isn't it time to clean up things?
>          > The problem seems to lie with those roads which are important for
>          > cyclists: smaller roads with limited or no motorised traffic.
>          > I have no idea what the proper procedure is to change the
>         Wiki, as some
>          > form of consensus is obviously needed.  Does one start with
>         an RFC on
>          > this mailing list, or something like that?
>          > Season greetings,
>          > JanFi
>          > Stijn Rombauts via Talk-be schreef op za 02-01-2021 om 09:00
>         [+0000]:
>          > >
>          > > Hi,
>          > >
>          > > A reminder to everyone: as far as I can see this convention
>         hasn't
>          > > changed...
>          > >
>          > > Regards,
>          > >
>          > > StijnRR
>          > >
>          > >
>          > >
>          > >                    On Tuesday, December 22, 2015, 05:59:16
>         PM GMT+1,
>          > > Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com <mailto:benlaenen at gmail.com>>
>          > > wrote:
>          > >
>          > >                 I'm sure you can look through this mailing
>         list's
>          > > history and find all kinds of
>          > > discussion about it in the past...
>          > >
>          > > Long story short: the unpaved thing was more or less the
>         original
>          > > usage, then
>          > > it was changed in some other countries which was set as the
>          > > international
>          > > definition and in Belgium we didn't change it.
>          > >
>          > > Personally I think the difference unpaved <-> paved for
>         track <->
>          > > other road
>          > > types makes much more sense in Belgium, and also much more
>         objective.
>          > >
>          > > Ben
>          > >
>          > >
>          > > On Tuesday 22 December 2015 08:37:35 joost schouppe wrote:
>          > > > Hi all,
>          > > >
>          > > > I was looking at this page:
>          > > >
>         http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Belgium/Conventions/
>          > > Highways
>          > > >
>          > > > And I saw only unpaved roads are supposed to be tagged as
>         track.
>          > > I've been
>          > > > seeing quite a few rural roads which only allow agricultural
>          > > vehicles and
>          > > > only lead to fields. They look to me essentially as paved
>         tracks.
>          > > In most
>          > > > of the world (i.e. outside of Europe) what the road is
>         used for
>          > > trumps road
>          > > > quality when it comes to classification.
>          > > >
>          > > > Shouldn't this "Unpaved roads with traces of motor traffic or
>          > > accessible to
>          > > > motor traffic" be replaced by something like "Paths which
>         show use
>          > > of
>          > > > occasional motor traffic, or are designed to do so and
>         that don't
>          > > prohibit
>          > > > such use. Generally unpaved and used to access forests or
>          > > agricultural
>          > > > fields."
>          > >
>          > >
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