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

[Mike Thompson]

On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 11:59 AM Brian M. Sperlongano <zelonewolf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>
I agree with what Bob Gambrel wrote.  This statement is going to result in
people going through all of our residential roads (and other highway=*)
which happen to be unpaved and changing them to highway=track, and when
called out on it they are going to say "the wikki says...."

Mike
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