[Talk-us] Unpaved streets

[Greg Troxel]

Nakor <nakor.wp at gmail.com> writes:

> In my neighborhood there are some unpaved residential streets. How should
> those be tagged?
>
> highway=track
>
> highway=residential
> surface=unpaved

It depends on what the road is like.  If it's a decent dirt road that
normal cars routinely drive on, has a street name, is considered a
public or private way by the town, then it's highway=residential
surface=unpaved.

If when driving on it in a car you wince and wish you had a 4WD truck,
it doesn't a name, and it isn't recognized as a 'real road', it might be
highway=track.


> BTW does highway=residential imply surface=paved?

My impression is that the default value for surface given
highway=residential is paved.  Some people don't like the default bit,
but IMHO the real issue is to document the rules.

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