[OSM-talk] highway=unsurfaced

[Anthony]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> Me too, although I can't really figure out what it is supposed to say.
>  I suspect "a path where motor vehicles travel" is the about closest
> to the de facto definition, as I suspect that most roads where motor
> vehicles are allowed to travel are not tagged with
> motor_vehicle=yes/permissive (and, in fact, I have in the past tagged
> roads with highway=road and thought that motor_vehicle=yes/permissive
> was implied).

Which I suppose is one of my main questions.  If a way is tagged with
highway=road, and nothing else, should a router route motor vehicle
traffic down it?  I would think the answer is yes, which means that
paths which are not meant for motor vehicle traffic shouldn't be
tagged with highway=road.