[Talk-us] trail tagging

[Martijn van Exel]

I hadn’t looked at that page in a while, but I’ve been using highway=path in the same way as you describe. Hiking trails, singletrack MTB. Footway I only tag in built up areas. 
What do other places in the world do?
Martijn

> On Apr 19, 2019, at 8:28 AM, brad <bradhaack at fastmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Everywhere I've been in the US or Canada a dirt 'way' too narrow for a 4 wheel vehicle is called a trail, path, or single track.   For the most part they are appropriately (IMO) tagged as path.   Unfortunately the wiki says this for highway:path (the highlighting is mine):
> 
> A non-specific path. Use highway <>=footway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway> for paths mainly for walkers, highway <>=cycleway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dcycleway> for one also usable by cyclists,highway <>=bridleway <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbridleway> for ones available to horse riders as well as walkers and highway <>=track <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack> for ones which is passable by agriculture or similar vehicles.
> 
> I think it makes no sense to call a dirt path, open to more than 1 user group, anything other than a path.    Since about 98% of the trail tagging that I've seen seems to agree, Is there consensus on this?   Perhaps if the international group likes the description as is, a clarification on the US road tagging wiki page?
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging>
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