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

[Frank Sautter]

>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:24 PM, Frank Sautter 
>> <openstreetmap at sautter.com <mailto:openstreetmap at sautter.com>>
>> wrote:
>>> Richard Mann wrote: There are an awful lot of track/grade1 in
>>> Germany, and I would like to know what the typical surface is
>> here in germany we (mostly) we tag farmers or forestry roads 
>> ("Wirtschaftswege") that are not designed for very heavy vehicles
>> and only few and slow traffic as highway=track. normally they are
>> access restricted for this use.
Richard Mann wrote:
> If they have access restrictions, does that mean they are maintained
> by the landowner, rather than the local government?
no, the tracks are normally a parcel of land owned and maintained by the 
local commune (like all the residential roads).
access restricted means that there are often signs like 
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Zeichen_260.svg or 
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Zeichen_250.svg with 
additional signs like 
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Zusatzzeichen_1024-17.svg 
and 
http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Zusatzzeichen_1022-10.svg
so no cars, motorbikes and lorries are allowed. they are just for 
farmers to access their fields and for bicyclists as a shortcut with 
almost no motor traffic or just for recreation walks.

take a look at my hometown with a lot of those "Wirtschafswege" 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.6298&lon=9.009&zoom=13

frank