[OSM-talk] TomTom is thumping us

[Greg Troxel]

John Sturdy <jcg.sturdy at gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Thomas Davie <tom.davie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> To be honest, if a road has no classification, and is made of mud
>> and gravel, it's a track...
>
> The ones I reclassified typically had two wheel-tracks of soil-colour
> and grass between them, I think.  If it's asphalt-coloured, even if
> there is grass growing down the middle, I still call it a road.

I think the real issue between road and track is whether it's a public
way or private way (both roads) vs just someplace where one can
physically drive a vehicle.   In Massachusetts, both private and public
ways are discernable by parcel boundaries, and tracks (both
agricultural and within conservation) are not.

Exactly what the condition is a separate issue, although typically a
road will be at least a decent dirt road.
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