On 1/6/11 2:23 PM, Charlotte Wolter wrote:
Hello everyone,
In the U.S. most rural and some suburban areas have mostly two-lane
gravel roads. These are not tracks. They are regularly maintained,
usually by the county. They often follow the one-mile grid lines
common in the United States.
However, I haven't been able to find an equivalent in OSM tagging.
They are not tracks, which implies something opportunistic and not
maintained by government. The photo accompanying "unclassified" shows
a narrow paved road like many rural roads I have seen in the U.K. But,
these are not narrow--they usually are at least two lanes wide--and
they are not paved.
So, how should I tag them, or do we need something new for the United
States?
i generally use unclassified (or sometimes residential if there is a lot of
housing) with surface=gravel. set maxspeed as appropriate.
i would only use track for an unnamed road, most of the gravel roads
have names or street numbers in the US. take a look at the road grid
in rural Iowa sometime. almost all gravel, heavily used and maintained,
all numbered/named.
richard
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