[OSM-talk] Highway=footway or highway=track for peds only on gravel

[Gilles Bassière]

M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2010/5/31 Claudius <claudius.h at gmx.de>:
>> highway=track is for ways that are wide enough to be *potentially* used
>> by a 4 wheel vehicle.
> 
> +1
> 
>> If it's that wide and has tracks than you should
>> tag it liek that. If legally only pedestrians are allowed add "vehicle=no".
> 
> actually the case which is IMHO more difficult to decide is when the
> access is physically restricted by heavy obstacles (massive rock
> pieces, etc.). I tend not to use track in these cases nonetheless the
> width would fit, but often you cannot check all possible ways to go to
> this specific point (e.g. it could be that the road is blocked there
> by a heavy stone block but you could arrive from the other side).
> 
> cheers,
> Martin

I would use highway=track even if there is some sort of obstacle. In my
opinion, the obstacle is a different feature and it could be tagged with
barrier=*.

I recently did this at: http://osm.org/go/xVu3bVDRq--

Hope it helps

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