[OSM-talk] rural highway tagging: residential or track

[John Smith]

On 28 June 2010 21:27, Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Unclassified with paved=no or surface=gravel?
>
> I was recently exploring Siberia (behind my computer!) and saw some
> primary roads where it was obvious from a website (by that mapper) that
> these were sand and dirt roads.
> So I wouldn't let the surface decide what classification road it is.
>
> I would reserve track for single-lane roads/tracks.

Just like surface, lanes don't describe the type of road. Per the wiki
unclassified roads can be such that both cars need to pull onto the
shoulder of the road so they can pass each other...