Old logging road in Canada

Hi,

First, thank you for your answer. Yes they are accessible by foot and they are use mostly by hunters, fishermen and forester. Therefore, they should be visible on the map. Base on your suggestions, I propose the following tags:

• abandoned:highway=track (based on the description for disused "For features which can only be returned to use with significant repair efforts, use Key:abandoned");
• bicycle = no;
• foot = yes;
• horse = no;
• motor_vehicle = no;
• smoothness = very_horrible;
• surface = till (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till);
• trail_visibility = bad;
• note = Old logging road only accessible by foot.

Any further suggestion to improve tagging?

If they are usable by foot and are used, the I would add highway=path.

Regarding "should be visible on the map": well, we do not map for "the map" (since there is no "the" map - there are many) but for correct data.

I would not use access restrictions (legal!) if those are not present in reality. It seems you want to add "bicycle = no" because you think the path is not usable by bike. This is already covered in smoothness and surface.

"till" is not even used once (currently). I would try to stay in the established broader classifications. Used values. Isn't that fine_gravel?

Your note sounds like a general description which I would add as "description" but not as a "note".

So in essence:

• highway = path
• abandoned:highway = track
• smoothness = very_horrible
• surface = fine_gravel
• trail_visibility = bad
• description = Old logging road only accessible by foot.

I wouldn't use "till" for the surface unless it's important that it's glacial rubbish as opposed to some other sort of dirt. Perhaps one of the normal surface tags would work better?:

http://taginfo.osm.org/keys/surface#values

If you really can't get even a logging tractor up it, then it's probably not a track any more, as you say.

"trail_visibility = bad;" implies that you can't see on foot where the old logging road used to go. Is that definitely the case? Obviously you'll need to ground-survey each one to find that out. Much the same applies to smoothness.

I'd also add "highway=footway" if it's only accessible on foot.

Ok, I agree with you for the tagging them as "path" and "abandoned track".

If I understand correctly, a restriction is use if there is really a restriction of some sort (legal, etc.) in real life.

I'm not sure about "fine_gravel", this is not quite the same material. Till is a mix of material of all dimensions left there during and after the glaciation. It contains gravel, but is not limited to. The closest approximation would be "dirt" I think.

Yes, it need work if you want to use it again with logging machinery or other vehicles. Usually, we use a dozer or an excavator to remove young trees and repair them. As I said, the track is still there but covered by vegetation. I guess it's open for interpretation...