Key:tracktype
+/- tracktype
Provides a classification of tracks.
Properties
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Usage
Tracktype is a measure of how well-maintained a track or other minor road is. It usually applies to highway=track, but may also be used on other types of highway, especially in less-developed places where many main roads are unpaved. The proposal from which this key originates may be found at Proposed_features/grade1-5. The proposal was voted on, but was standardised primarily because of its widespread use.
tracktype=* is being rendered on both the Mapnik and the Osmarender layer. Both treat it as an elaboration on just highway=track, which is contradictory to its proposal.
See also: surface=*, smoothness=*. Although surface and smoothness are in use, tracktype is still meaningfull as rough classification. tagging statistics show, that tracktype is often used for non-tracks, too, as rough classification.
Values
See below for tag values for 'tracktype':
| Key | Value | Element | Comment | Rendering | Photo |
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| tracktype | grade1 | 
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Paved track or heavily compacted hardcore. |  |
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| tracktype | grade2 |
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Unpaved track; surface of gravel mixed with a varying amount of sand, silt, and clay. See  Gravel road on Wikipedia.
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| tracktype | grade3 |
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Unpaved track; an even mixture of hard and soft materials. |  |
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| tracktype | grade4 |
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Unpaved track; prominently soil/sand/grass, but with some hard materials, or compressed materials mixed in. |  |
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| tracktype | grade5 |
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Unpaved track; lack of hard materials, uncompacted, subtle on the landscape, surface of soil/sand/grass. |  |
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