[OSM-talk] talk Digest, Vol 70, Issue 76

[Liz]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010, Mike Harris wrote:
> However, I would not use 'unclassified' for the above reason nor 
> 'residential' if there were no houses and it was rural rather than  
> urban. I would normally go for track - but add sufficient further tags 
> (tracktype= and/or surface=) to make the physical condition clearer. 
> This also helps with the rendering - although we don't map fr the 
> renderer do we ;-) ;-) ....

Track has a definite meaning in Au.
It may not be in the dictionary, but it defines a road which is driven with 
care because of its surface, camber, corrugations, clearance.
Think of the term "goat-track", make two of them parallel and you have some 
idea of what is meant by 'track'. 

Unclassified is not a specific road term in Au, so is used in its natural 
language meaning.
The road described (which I recall was in the USA) is a formed road, which can 
be driven easily by one with appropriate experience, so if it was in Au it 
would be "unclassified".