Re: [talk-au] How to tag a non-existent road

2009-10-21 Thread Evan Sebire
I like 'gazetted_road', but I think it should be 'non-existent'. Looking at dictionary.com(which isn't a great reference) nobody would understand gazetted road, then I tried the best German translator dict.cc and it failed. Googling Gazetted road comes back with variety of answers, none of the

Re: [talk-au] How to tag a non-existent road

2009-10-21 Thread John Smith
2009/10/22 Evan Sebire : > In Melbourne people sometimes use the term 'unmade' for non-sealed roads.  So > perhaps something clearer like gazetted would suit Australia.   Someone on > another list mentioned 'non-existent' being better for non-native English > speakers.  But I think this doesn't rea

Re: [talk-au] How to tag a non-existent road

2009-10-21 Thread Evan Sebire
In Melbourne people sometimes use the term 'unmade' for non-sealed roads. So perhaps something clearer like gazetted would suit Australia. Someone on another list mentioned 'non-existent' being better for non-native English speakers. But I think this doesn't really matter as application inte

Re: [talk-au] How to tag a non-existent road

2009-10-21 Thread John Smith
2009/10/22 Brendan Morley : > So according to Toowoomba City Council's definition, we'd be looking to use > "highway=unmade". I don't really care how it's referred to personally, although based on your next question I think it should be as obvious as possible in case others want to do the same thi

Re: [talk-au] How to tag a non-existent road

2009-10-21 Thread Brendan Morley
Yes I have an objection. >From what I can tell, roads are generally not gazetted in Queensland. The >exceptions seem to be State transport routes (i.e. those under control of Main Roads). All roads are registered as part of survey plans and the like. By way of illustration: http://www.toowoo

Re: [talk-au] When does a road become a track?

2009-10-21 Thread Sam Couter
John Smith wrote: > Most people aren't taught to drive or grow up on dirt roads, I only > have a 2wd car and I'll drive it on roads some/most people wouldn't, > so that's a bit too subjective... Ditto for me. If it'll go I'll drive it, and occasionally when it won't. > However commenting on what