[OSM-talk] highway=unsurfaced

[Alex Mauer]

Alex S. wrote:
> David Earl wrote:
>> FWIW, if you say "track" in general English conversation people would 
>> understand it to mean a small unsurfaced road - farm or forest road or 
>> similar.
> 
> In en_GB?  Because around here (en_US) if someone says 'track' the 
> general gist is that of a railroad, where the forest road is commonly 
> referred to as a 'trail'.

Even here (en_US) there's ambiguity in 'trail' apparently.  It certainly
doesn't say forest road to me (that would be "logging road" or maybe
'jeep trail' depending).  Trail would be a hiking trail, bike trail ...
unsurfaced narrow route, too small for automobiles.  And track only
indicates rail when in the phrase "railroad track" -- or as "tracks"

-Alex Mauer "hawke"

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