[Talk-us] Unpaved streets

Chris Hunter chunter952 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 9 18:05:16 BST 2009


yes, yes, yes - this is the most sane summary of the road/track debate I've
seen in quite a while.  Of course, it also reopens the track/path argument,
but I'll leave that to others to battle out.

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Dale Puch <dale.puch at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been reading thru these posts and havn't seen a consensus/summary
> yet.  In my view it should be reasonably straight forward based on the tags
> we have.  The point is to describe what is actually there.
>
> highway= is for the type of road regardless of condition.  A paved surface
> is assumed unless otherwise stated.
>   If it does not have a name (and thus no addresses), it should be a
> track.  This would typically be a 1 lane (total) or possible wide enough for
> 2.  This probably assumes an unpaved surface by default.
>
> See also Tracktype= for further track classification.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype
>
> Surface= is for describing the condition of the road when it does not match
> the assumed default.  Unpaved works but isn't that descriptive.  Gravel,
> dirt ect. would be a better choice.
>
> Access= if it needs to be tagged private or other than full public access.
>
> If there are further situations that need to be tagged, we probably want to
> either apply more tags to clarify the conditions, or better yet create a new
> subset of tags for specific use.  I'm thinking of someone wanting to start
> tagging offroad trails for bikes, or 4wheel drive ect.  I would think
> because of the narrowed focus of something like that it should be well
> separate from what most cars can drive.  Sort of an oxymoron off-road
> roads.... :)
>
> And as usual if other applications do not use the tags right, we need to
> e-mail the authors and ask for a change to fit the tags.  I'm sure they
> prefer that to digging in the wiki to see if someone started using something
> new/different.
>
> --
> Dale Puch
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