[OSM-talk] Rights of way again

[Ed Avis]

Mike Harris <mikh43 <at> googlemail.com> writes:

>I probably would tend to use 'service' for both (based on function) and use
>'track' for something unsurfaced (tracktype=) but wide enough for a
>4-wheeled vehicle

Agreed, this is what I do (sorry it wasn't clear).  If it has grass growing on
it then it's a 'track', if it is well-maintained it's a 'service road'.

>and then use access= to describe privacy or otherwise ...

Hmm, I haven't done that so far.  My normal policy is that if it's clearly
private (like the path to someone's front door) I will not map it at all.  But
communal paths shared between two or more houses, or on commercial rather than
residential land, I will add.

-- 
Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>