Someone referred me to this topic while I was looking to collect feedback on different minor road classification scenarios:
https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/81115/how-should-these-minor-road-be-classified
I would like to work together with you to come up with better guidelines including minor road classifications.
The proposal above is a good start but I believe still does not cover all cases. (If you think so, please kindly respond to link above)
Additionally, I see so many inconsistencies at least in Chiang Mai Province rural areas including:
- missing source tag
- lack of road segmentation (to support different tag classifications)
- wrong road name usage (when used for mtb/enduro route names)
- wrong path/track classification (added from satellite imagery, or not taking into account a 4-wheel car can go through regardless of vegetation)
- missing waterway crossing information (bridge vs fjord vs unknown)
- missing end of road survey (noexit=yes or fixme=continue)
- usage of footway vs path for hiking trails (ทางเดิน)
- lack of surface tag when it is already known or can be guessed through satellite imagery
Improved guidelines would help tremendously, as they could be referred in changeset comments, leading hopefully to higher quality contributions and reducing conflicting interpretations.