I know we have discussed this at length and probably every one is a little tired of the discussion but it appears we have some dissenting views.
As far as I'm concerned when I validate I do not want to get into a discussion on whether a highway is paved and covered in dust, unpaved, etc. I'm more concerned about is there a highway there or not. I simply accept what the tags say. The major highways I think may get mistagged occasionally but my expectation is the locals or someone will come along and retag them with the appropriate name etc. primary etc. Most major highways will have been tagged before HOT starts tiling over the top and the tags will remain untouched. To me if something is tagged unclassified or track it depends more on where it is going to. My understanding is track goes purely to a field. If a mapper tags one way or another I'm not too concerned. If the highway is within a settlement then it gets tagged highway=residential rather than unclassified but I can live with unclassified. We have had a discussion on paths, and the fact they are sometimes used by small motorcycles. I also accept that others may have mapped directly into OSM and these may include locals. I have no way of knowing other than inspecting the author of each whatever. These may not have been tagged according to HOT recommendations. I will replace highway=pedestrian and highway=footway in rural areas with highway=path. If there is any dissension from this can we discuss it again and come to a conclusion? Remembering that quite a few tiles have been done according to the above. Many thanks John
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