[OSM-talk] Cattle tracks in Spain

[Mike Collinson]

In Australia, I have been tagging fire trails - 
tracks deliberately built for fire trucks to use 
during bush fires - as highway=track and 
name=fire trail (lower case).  They are a major 
feature of the rural landscape.  I wonder if a 
similar approach would apply here?

In the UK they are called drove roads but are 
mostly (always?) historic and used for local farm 
access and footpaths only.  I believe, but stand 
to be corrected, that they often have the status of a full public road.

Mike
Manila



At 11:20 AM 18/02/2007, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote:

>Recently, a question has arised in the talk-es 
>mailing list: how should be cattle tracks be tagged?
>For those who don't know, here in Spain it is 
>(was) customary for cattle to go north during 
>summer, and go south during winter. Due to the 
>sheer amount of cattle involved, this network of tracks is quite big.
>Nowadays, with all those trucks and trains, the 
>tracks are being used less. Anyway, they have 
>historical relevance, and every year, a bunch of 
>shepherds paralyzing some major highways always 
>makes it to the news (because such a track 
>crosses the highway, and they have the legal right to stop traffic).
>
>So... do any other countries have these kind of 
>tracks? How should we tag them?