[OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

[Richard Mann]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com>wrote:

> actually track implies even within Germany different things (legally,
> due to the federal organisation), as in "Baden-Württemberg" it is
> generally forbidden to use them even without special signs, where in
> the rest of Germany you can use them if there is not a sign to forbid
> it (which in some parts is nearly always, in others it is generally
> tolerated but not recommended to use).


"Generally tolerated but not recommended" is pretty close to the English
country lane. We have various devices for discouraging people (Broken Road,
Unsuitable for HGVs, Quiet Lane), but none have much legal force. I think
the distinction between a highway=track+tracktype=grade1 and a
highway=unclassified (rural) is quite fine, and would wish that Mapnik would
treat them more similarly. But that's no reason to alter the tagging.

Richard
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