Should we assume that a reasonable amount of these private or even dangerous routes have been mapped as public, potentially routable? What would be a good way to inspect these? Do we have reference data on these logging roads? A MapRoulette challenge could be useful.
Martijn > On Jun 24, 2016, at 8:45 PM, Stewart C. Russell <scr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Most logging roads, certainly in BC, are private. While they look large, > and make tempting additions to the map, accidentally routing traffic > along them could be fatal. Logging trucks don't (can't!) stop, and > unless you have authorization and the right radio to call in the > checkpoints, the controller won't be able to tell you if there's a truck > coming that you need to get out of the way of. > > CanVec also mistakenly digitized a bunch of private wind farm access > roads in Ontario, such as https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/39334427 > <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/39334427> . > While using these might not be life-threatening, it is trespassing to > use them.
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