Bug Report: highway=road Rendering Issue

[cmoffroad]

Description

I would like to bring to your attention an important issue regarding your rendering of unknown roads (highway=road).

According to the OpenStreetMap wiki, the tag highway=road is intended for temporary use for roads/paths that have not yet been surveyed.

This can encompass a wide range of paths, from hiking trails to major motorways.

When a particular renderer needs to display these roads, it is advisable to make them visually distinct from other rendered ways to avoid confusion.

For an outdoor-focused renderer like yours, there is no necessity to display highway=road tags. Displaying these unsurveyed or potentially erroneous roads and trails could mislead end-users.

For reference, Komoot, LocusMap, maps.me and now Strava, have already implemented solutions to hide these tags by default. We recommend adopting a similar approach to enhance the accuracy and reliability of your maps.

Sources:

• https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Droad
• https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/new-lifecycle-tag-unconfirmed-highway/116102/26

Steps to reproduce

1. Open the Overpass Query using this link: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1OIG

2. Zoom out to your area of interest and click "Run."

3. Zoom in on each highway=road segment from the results.

4. Copy the zoom level and coordinates, then apply them to the Strava Map URL.
5. The highway=road segments appear as minor paved roads.

6. These segments should not be visible until an OSM mapper surveys and classifies or removes them.

Sample:

• Open this OSM Way for reference: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/89185730/history

• Navigate to this segment at zoom 16, coordinates: 18.2289, 98.6966

[cmoffroad]

Is there a chance you could review this?

[speedy1]

I don't know if my error report fits the topic exactly. In any case, I noticed that in the OpenTopoMap, the roads of the category "Type=0x06 ;GRMN_TYPE: Roads/RESIDENTIAL/Residential street" and "Type=0x05 ;GRMN_TYPE: Roads/COLLECTOR/Secondary" are displayed the same way. The roads of type 0x06 are also used for routing in Basecamp or Navigator in profil Car/Motorcycle, which makes no sense at all.
I have attached two pictures. One with the correct display from the OpenStreetMap and one with the incorrect display from the OpenTopoMap.

Also attached my typfile with the colouring of the main street caterories in Germany,
It would be really great if this error could be corrected, because otherwise the OpenTopoMap is really great.