[OSM-talk] Element on OSM which don't exist in real life

[Clifford Snow]

On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Sebastian Arcus <s.arcus at open-t.co.uk>wrote:

> 2. All across these fields: http://osm.org/go/TY2PBU33  there are
> numerous roads - some of them even with names and/or codes. On satellite
> view they appear to be nothing more than dirt tracks at best - some of them
> not even that. When I was there a month ago, those were just empty barren
> hills. I don't quite understand why the maze of highways giving the
> impression of some densely populated area.
>

In Washington State forested area we have lots of forest service roads.
They often don't show up on satellite images with any kind of growth. They
were imported as highway=residential. I've been adding new forest service
roads as tracks when they are just a pair of tire tracks.

We should really make an effort to remove the highway=residential from the
forest service roads IMHO. I'd hate to see someone get stuck or lost
thinking that a forest service road would make a good short cut.


-- 
Clifford

OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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