There's the informal word byway as in the English phrase "highways and byways" which you would indeed say is a minor road as per wikipedia, but there are also formal "byways". In many parts of England these are actually signposted with a finger post which simply says "Byway" or "Public byway". e.g. http://www.camcycle.org.uk/map/data/original/lle000.192947n52.164140a002m045o_20051224_125455.jpg
I know this signing is common in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, so it is highly appropriate to tag it as such when you have the evidence on the ground to support it. They are universally rural. They are tracks, yes, but formally public whereas a track will typically be associated with a farm ore similar. Most would once have allowed motor vehicles, but in many cases these have now been restricted (I found one the other day which was only restricted in winter: http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.16718&lon=-0.08336&zoom=16&layers=B00FTF ) As someone else said, it it isn't relevant in your country, don't use the tag. David On 19/07/2008 11:59, Pieren wrote: > I forgot the discussion in December (which was more about voting or not > voting ;-). > It's clear when I read the following description from Nick W. [1]: > - "Byway (highway=byway) is an unsurfaced track" > > oops. "highway=unsurfaced" has been removed from Map Features. It has > been replaced by "highway=track" and/or "surface=". > What is the limit between "highway=byway" and "highway=track" ? > > Yes if I read [1] but no if I read the wikipedia definition: > - "Byway (road), a minor secondary or tertiary road in the UK" [2] > > But it seems that germans will to not use it ([3] and [4]) (I'm also > waiting the translation of byway in german to see their interpretation). > > The descriptions in Map Features are used by many countries (directly or > for translations). New entries should be carefully documented. > > Pieren > > [1] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2007-December/021047.html > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byway > [3] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2007-December/021050.html > [4] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/De:Germany_roads_tagging > > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:13 AM, Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2007-December/021047.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
