We have a hilly forest near where I live, which has this pattern of normal roads circling a hill, and “roads” (which are just gaps in the forest) descending a steepest line down the hill:
Which value of the “highway” key should I use for marking them?
highway=track? (because it’s used by motorized vehicles)
highway=path? (because it can only be used by special vehicles, and I don’t want these ways to be used for any automatic routing)
If there are several (5-10) of these “roads” in the area, and some of them clearly are not (and I guess cannot be) used by 4WD vehicles, should this influence the value of their “highway” key?
One of these “roads” has a sign “entrance for vehicles is forbidden”; should this influence the value of its “highway” key?
In addition, if I use highway=track (like I think I should), which keys should I add to set them apart from “normal” roads?
Agreed, if it is possible to take a car and it does happen from time to time, it should at least be a track. In less developped countries, a road like this might actually connect major towns, so in that case it could even be rightfully tagged as secondary or even primary.
“This tag represents roads for mostly agricultural use, forest tracks etc.; usually unpaved (unsealed) but may occasionally apply to paved tracks as well, that are suitable for two-track vehicles, such as tractors or jeeps.”
In the mapping I’ve done I have left off the surface tag unless it was paved.