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

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

So, I realize that "any dirt or gravel road" is the most broad
interpretation of highway=track, but if you follow the ref, it's taken
directly from the West Virginia wiki page which discusses road
classification in that state.  I took that at face value that WV mappers
actually have that interpretation.  Since I haven't exhaustively looked at
all of the state wiki pages, I don't know if that's a unique interpretation
or is an interpretation that is representative of a broader subset of US
mappers.  The goal of writing that section in the wiki is to document how
we actually map in the absence of any prescriptive guidance from community
consensus.

However, dear US mappers, if we as a community feel that this
interpretation sourced from WV's page is overbroad and not an appropriate
usage in the US, it is entirely within our power to form a consensus
otherwise and document that instead.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 1:47 PM Bob Gambrel <rjgambrel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have not tried to follow all of the discussion of this topic and was
> very glad to see the wiki produced. When I next run into a "to track or not
> to track" situation, I will be looking at the wiki. All of the discussion
> here will have been forgotten.
>
> I only have one major objection to the wiki as written (and read by me on
> 2/24/2021 at 12:37 PM Central time).
>
> Refer to:
>
>
>    - For any dirt or gravel road[2]
>    <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack#cite_note-2>
>
>
> I believe this bullet should be dropped. In almost any "real" road in
> Minnesota that I have driven on, the other highway classifications almost
> always apply. I know this does not say for "all dirt or gravel road".
>
> The other bullets in the list and the main international wiki criteria are
> much more appropriate. If I were to read this bullet in the future (having
> forgotten the nuances debated here) I would be confused.
>
> All above IMHO.
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