As you mention I can see these being useful for emergency services or anyone who has been granted access to private roads/tracks.
If you're mapping based on what you can see from the aerial imagery, then I see no issue with mapping these as access=private. On Sat, 5 Oct 2019 at 09:46, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am in 2 minds about this ... these roads exist so they can be seen. > > They might be usefull navigational features; > > firstly to plot progress along a public road - you have just past this > private road so you must he here on the map. > > secondly for any emergency services - mainly thinking of fire, particularly > of non local fireies. > > Some object as mapping them may encourage inappropriate use.. "its on my map, > so I can use it" is one of the responses. Sigh. > > Adding access=private works for some renders and not others. > > ------------------------- > > I do like to see the map with all these tracks, even private ones. > > On the other hand I don't want people seeing a line on the map and thinking > they can use it... > > =================== > > A middle ground? Show the start of the track and no more??? > > --------------------------- From the Aust. Tagging Guidelines > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Road_Tagging > > How I would tag farm tracks.. > "highway=track Gravel fire trails, forest drives, 4WD trails and similar > roads. " > > Then goes on to > > "highway=service Unnamed access roads. e.g. > Entrance ways and roads in parks, government properties, beach access > etc. Use a short service road where you may want to mark the entrance > to a private/government area, but not map the interior private roads > in detail." > > The problem here is that some raise the "not map the interior > private roads in detail" as not mapping them at all. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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