Re: [Tagging] highway=track access

On 2014-05-19 at 19:05:30 +0100, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > There are almost 8m highway=track objects in the database (thanks taginfo!), > third only to =residential and =service (thanks TIGER!). > > I'm interested to know what level of access people believe this implies in > their home countries.

Re: [Tagging] highway=track access

I would like to add a cyclist's comment for Italy. In the Po valley we have numerous waterways of all sizes many of which have paths/tracks/roads on the embankment. For cyclists there are three kinds of problems, regarding access: one is legal, the other two are physical: 1) Many have the sign Acc

Re: [Tagging] highway=track access

2014-05-20 0:33 GMT+02:00 David Bannon : > I Australia, 'track' generally means a road that is badly maintained or > not maintained at all. Almost certainly unsealed. Some short and some > quite long. Some of the longer ones are important connecting or tourist > roads. > In my opinion you should

Re: [Tagging] highway=track access

On 19/05/2014 19:05, Richard Fairhurst wrote: I'm interested to know what level of access people believe this implies in their home countries. To me, in the UK, highway=track is an unmetalled road that can be accessed & has been used by motor vehicles, but on it's own does not imply any acc

Re: [Tagging] highway=track access

Following from this discussion about rendering (https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/110#issuecomment-31613867), it should make some sense to assume that tracks with tracktype=grade1/grade2 are physically capable of traffic and therefore usable/accessible (though at lower spee

[Tagging] "byway" vs "track" ( was: highway=track access )

Dave F. wrote: Going slightly off topic, I notice the UK listing is missing byway, a recognised highway classification. Dave F. Is there a notable physical difference between a "byway" in England and Wales and a "track"? "Byway Open to All Traffic" and "Restricted Byway" are both legal d

Re: [Tagging] highway=track access

On Tue, 2014-05-20 at 12:58 +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > In my opinion you shouldn't use the osm tags highway=track for > important connecting roads or tourist roads, even if you call them > "tracks" in everyday live, and even if they aren't paved. Better > use the highway tag according t

Re: [Tagging] [OpenStreetMap] #5163: paths and tracks rendering indistinguishable: your opinion?

On 2014-05-19 19:27, Matthijs Melissen wrote : > If you feel strong about it, I would encourage you to open a new issue > on https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto, the issue > tracker of the CartoCSS used on openstreetmap.org > . In general, any new issues wi