Tag:leisure=track

leisure=track
Description
A track for running, cycling and other non-motorised racing such as horses, greyhounds. 
Rendering in OSM Carto
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: Leisure
Used on these elements
Useful combination
See also
Status: de facto

A dedicated track for running, cycling and other non-motorised racing such as horses, greyhounds, typically not a part of the normal network of ways and paths.

This is not a replacement for the normal highway=* values for ways that are a part of the general network of ways but which are used for non-motorised sports. For instance: a path that in a forest with a mountainbiking route on it, is still a highway=path.

Note: For motorised sports use highway=raceway.

How to map

Use on a way or an Area (See below).

Areas

Often mapping tracks as a way means looping back to the start, forming a closed way (the shape of many racetracks). It is tricky as this tag is also being tagged as an area - that can also be represented by closed ways.

It's unclear/undecided whether closed ways should be treated as areas for this tag so it is advised to always add an area=yes/no tag in the case of closed ways. The default OSM Carto stylesheet displays an area only if area=yes is present. This is not necessary for multipolygons since they are always handled as areas.

Sports

These sport tags are common combinations with this feature:

Useful combination

  • lanes=*, when lanes are painted on the track.

Possible Tagging Mistakes

  • Do not use both leisure=track and highway=raceway on the same way, except cases where the same way is used both for motor racing and non-motorised racing.
  • Don't use both area and way in one track. For example, don't need to draw every single lanes of running track, and should add a lanes=3 in multipolygon.


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