[Talk-us] Is the distinction between path and track dependent upon...

[Russell Deffner]

I also agree, but would add - I think Derrick may also be pondering
Wilderness (US designated), where by law no motorized vehicles; although
before the designation a highway=track (traditionally/wiki-described) may
exist - should we just add access=non_motorized , or similar (not looking at
the wiki to see if that's an actual tag).

But, if for say a National Forest has a non_motorized vehicle 'trail', but
is sometimes accessed by official vehicles, then access=restriced or
whatever the correct tag is; should be used and keep it highway=track

=Russ 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Welty [mailto:rwelty at averillpark.net] 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 9:24 AM
To: talk-us at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Is the distinction between path and track dependent
upon...

On 3/10/14 11:14 AM, derrick nehrenberg wrote:
> In my opinion highway=track designates some type of full-size motor
vehicle
> travel (e.g. 2WD cars, 4WD trucks, and tractors), whereas highway=path
> designates either non motorized travel (e.g. hiking, horse, bicycle) and
> less-than full size motor travel (snowmobile, motorcycle, ATV, etc.).
> Furthermore, it seems rather counter-intuitive to prefer highway=track if
> tags like horse=yes, bicycle=yes, motorcycle=yes are subsequently used.
>
i agree with this formulation
richard

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