[OSM-talk] highway=track and motorcar=yes/no

[sylvain letuffe]

> I always assumed highway=track allows cars, 
Me too

> and we have highway=path now  
> for where they're not allowed...
Well, there, no, I still tag a track a track + add the appropriate access tag

 
> It may be better to let each country decide for itself in the end I 
> guess.

Well, I'm not so sure of that.
I would prefere the editors to have the defaults defined depending on the 
country and record in the database a world wide established "scheme"

Only in this way can we have a global randering, routing software that 
developpers don't need to tweak with 256 differtent country/interpretation


JOSM "could" be extended to ask in the install : are you mapping in Germany or 
in Italy ?

If germany, a track could be recorded as :
highway=track
motorcar=no

In Italy, a track could be recorded as :
highway=track
motocar=yes

I think, but that's my opinion, that the burden should be directed to editors 
and not renderer
( or if editors fail, direct it to the user )




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