[OSM-talk] Tracks, Byways, Footways, Bridleways, Rivers....!?

[Nick Whitelegg]

> 1)  Is there a standadised way of nameing the visual and phisical state of
> the route indepent of the status of the route?  (So...if nessesery a
> phisical 'RIVER' could be statistically a 'Byway')
>
> 2) Is there a wider range of tags for track types?  If not, I really really
> think there needs to be.   In my village and around, there are:
>
> Track 1) Basically farm enternces, or roads to houses out of the village.
> still Tarmacked
> Track 2) Stone/Gravel Tracks wich are heavily used
> Track 3) None Gravel but still heavily used tracks,  Usually still have
> hedges either side
> Track 4) Tracks across Grass, that usually hold the staus of bridleway or
> byway.
> Track 5) Field Tracks, wich are set aside sections around the edge of
> fields, used for access

Good points, which I think others have answered. The next edition of Map 
Features will separate the physical state of a track from its access rights 
more clearly.

> Finally, at www.free-map.org.uk....< I'm completly confused why countryside
> places are rendered different from none countryside places.  Please explain
> this to me!.

Erm..... What do you mean by that !? :-)

> Also...where is the topographical data taken from, cause it 
> is really cool to see.

It's freely-available NASA SRTM height data, available for download from:

ftp://e0srp01u.ecs.nasa.gov/srtm/version2/SRTM3/ 

Nick