[OSM-talk] Searching a word for tagging a special feature of a?track

[Heiko Jacobs]

Hello

Zitat von Richard Mann <richard.mann.westoxford at googlemail.com>:
> Anything with two parallel lines like this is a "track" in English.
> Generally a grade1/grade2 will be surfaced all the way across, because you
> may as well while you're at it (and the machines for doing it tend to be
> made that way).

Yes, all "unpaved" tracks will lost the "nature in the middle" by
heavy use (cars, bicycle, pedestrians, ...) independantly from its grade...

But if a track has two parallel lines "by definition", then the
solution might be something like
surface=continuous|discontinuous

... but surface is already in use...

paved=continuous|discontinuous
is not suitable for unpaved ways without "nature in the middle"

Mmmm...
continuous=yes|no|partially|...?
surface:continuous=yes|no|partially|...?

> But if someone doesn't pave the bit in the middle, I'd still
> reckon it was a track/grade1.

It's also my opinion. (good) asphalt/concrete -> grade1
(Seldomly I found some very bad asphalt tracks. Then I don't gave
them grade1...)

> There are an awful lot of track/grade1 in Germany, and I would like to know
> what the typical surface is (whether it's any different to an English
> country lane - that is a <4m paved road open to everything - which would be
> tagged as "unclassified")

asphalt and concrete are mostly used for grade1-tracks, sometimes
stones (cobble and paving). If the roads are open fr everyone I would
prefer service or unclassified, but there are other opinions, too...
There are regional differences. E.g. in Northern Germany I know
areas with dispersed settlement, where such small ways open for everyone
are often used.

A lot of grade1-tracks were built by "Flurbereinigung"
(dict.leo.org translates to "farm or land consolidation")