[Talk-GB] Tagging convention for unpassable roads

Alan Mackie aamackie at gmail.com
Sat Jul 3 22:21:27 UTC 2021


There is also the smoothness=* tag which does get rendered in a few
places. According to the wiki page below
smoothness=very_bad/horrible/very_horrible may be suitable depending on
just how bad the road is.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoothness



On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 at 04:57, Michael Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz> wrote:

> Hi Edward,
>
> Have a look at Australian practice where this situation is common. I agree
> with you that motorcar=no is not correct as it is about legal access
> permission. Here in rural Sweden, I heavily use the tracktype tag as it has
> wide acceptance, (though not a wonderful tag, IMHO), and is also useful for
> estimating cycle speed in routers. I judge tracktypes 1 and 2 to be the
> sensible limit for "normal" cars.
>
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Unsealed_and_4wd_Roads_.28Dirt.2C_Gravel.2C_Formed.2C_etc.29
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:4wd_only
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:motorcar
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 2021-07-02 10:26, Edward Bainton wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> A note near me is from Amazon Logistics:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/2674954
>
> The road is unpassable for vehicles except 4x4, but legally has no
> restrictions.
>
> User mundlk has tagged it "motorcar=no". I've suggested that should be
> reverted and instead describe the road with other tags.
>
> Am I right? can anyone clarify the doctrine in these cases?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Edward
>
>
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