[Talk-GB] Tagging convention for unpassable roads

[Edward Bainton]

Thanks for all these. Will put some kind of note on there for mundlk
shortly.

On Sat, 3 Jul 2021 at 23:25, Alan Mackie <aamackie at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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