[Talk-us] Usage of highway=track in the United States

[Mike Thompson]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 2:16 PM Zeke Farwell <ezekielf at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 3:51 PM Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There are a number of houses along that road.  I would tag it
>> highway=residential.
>>
>
> While it may look that way at first glance, the houses are all accessible
> from the nearby roads that ARE tagged highway=residential, not the portion
> that is tagged highway=track.  There are many sections of road like this in
> Vermont.  Maintenance is minimal because there are no houses on them, but
> they are through roads for appropriate vehicles (high clearance, 4WD
> maybe).  I'm not saying these should be tagged as highway=track, just that
> there currently are.  highway=unclassified with appropriate surface and
> smoothness tags could work, but it seems mappers like the clear distinction
> that these are a different type of road.
>
That makes sense.  I see now that it is just that short stretch, and there
are no houses whose primary access appears to be from that road. Thanks for
the explanation.

Mike
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