Mike is right, a driveway to a residential property should be highway=service + service=driveway, not highway=track, even if it unpaved dirt.
This mis-tagging is probably common because OpenStreetMap-Carto and some other common map styles do not distinguish between unpaved and paved service roads. (We're working on it: https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/pull/3399) -- Joseph Eisenberg On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:00 AM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 18:46, Mike Thompson <miketh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> I have always been under the impression that the highway tag should be >> based off of function. Recently I have come across a number of cases >> where driveways and residential roads were tagged "highway=track" >> (perhaps because they are unpaved?), e.g. [0]. Before I change these, >> I wanted to check with the rest of the community. > > > It is not uncommon around this part of Wales for farms to have service > roads leading to them that barely qualify as a track. If it's functioning > as a service road or driveway, Those are tough calls. > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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