[Talk-ca] Forestry Roads

[Duncan Hill]

I agree with James and have been tagging forestry roads with highway=track
in my area of Ontario.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Tristan Anderson <
andersontristan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> This is how I tag forestry roads:
>
> tertiary: major logging roads in remote areas, sometimes also access mines
> or hydro dams.  Well graded, suitable for all vehicles although most
> traffic is often trucks, usually wide enough for vehicles to pass without
> slowing down.  They're often hundreds of kilometers long with long straight
> sections, and can connect remote towns or first nation reserves.  Still
> owned by logging companies so should be access=permissive.
>
> unclassified: narrower but still drivable with a mid-size front-wheel
> drive car, may lead to hunting lodges or lakes for boating/fishing/camps...
> not exclusively forestry traffic but primarily a forestry road.  Usually
> access=permissive.
>
> service: mostly for logging activities, accessing current or former
> clear-cutting sites.  Usually access=private, especially if there are "no
> trespassing" or "authorized vehicles only" type signs.  Also service would
> be any road behind a gate that is closed to regular traffic.
>
> track: two tire tracks with vegetation growing in the middle, regardless
> of where it goes or who uses it... can be packed gravel (grade2) right down
> to ATV/feller buncher tracks (grade5).  Grade1 generally refers to paved
> tracks, the likes of which I have never seen or heard of in Canada.
>
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway
>
> Should be track
>
> Roads for mostly agricultural or forestry uses. To describe the quality of
> a track, see tracktype=*. Note: Although tracks are often rough with
> unpaved surfaces, this tag is not describing the quality of a road but its
> use. Consequently, if you want to tag a general use road, use one of the
> general highway values instead of track.
> On Jul 15, 2015 7:15 PM, "Steve Roy" <steve at ssni.ca> wrote:
>
> Whenever I have created forestry roads I have used highway=track -
> particularly if I know the road is rough and unmaintained.
> These are your typical BC forestry roads that are able to be used after
> logging is completed in the area and the roads haven't been
> de-activated.  I have had people change them to
> highway=minor/unclassified after my edits are done and for the most part
> I leave them unless I know the road is a rough/4x4 road, the kind you
> wouldn't take a Honda Civic on.
>
> However I have been emailing with a person adding forestry roads on
> Vancouver Island and they insist on the tag highway=service for their
> edits when mapping forestry roads.  These aren't the main A to B
> forestry roads, rather smaller gravel roads.
>
> What is the correct tag in Canada?
>
> Thanks
> Steve Roy
>
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