[OSM-talk] Dirt Roads in Mapnik, default render in OSM

[Maarten Deen]

On 2013-08-26 15:50, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 2013/8/26 Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl>
> 
> On 2013-08-26 14:41, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> 
> tracks are a type of road set up for agricultural
> (i.e. local traffic of who works in the fields or forests or goes
> fishing) traffic.
> 
> How do you know that without any signs next to the road?
> 
> the relevant passage is § 3 Abs. 2 Nr. 4 of "Straßengesetz für
> Baden-Württemberg" and various comments I found all point out that
> despite "usually" there will be signs the restriction will also be
> valid in absence of signs. My guess is you will have to know by
> "common sense". I agree that this is not completely satisfactory. 

I was more referring to other places (in Germany and beyond). I have 
retagged some highway=track+tracktype=grade1 (sometimes 
+surface=asphalt) in Germany to highway=unclassified because I saw no 
reason why a normally paved road would be called a track.

Maarten