Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-10 Thread Rory McCann
On 07/11/08 17:28, James Stewart wrote: There has just been this discussion on the spanish list - and the conclusion was to label these roads as 'residential', since they are generally public roads with traffic similar to residential areas, rather than roads between places which would be

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-09 Thread Ed Loach
Lester wrote: This still does not 'answer the question'. Which selection should take priority - tag all roads of this type 'unclassified' or tag some bits 'unclassified' outside private property and some 'service' for those inside private property? I understand the definition of

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-08 Thread Andy Allan
On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Lester Caine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The purpose of the service road is to service an industrial area - therefore it is not simply unclassified. Unclassified is only appropriate - in my opinion - when the road has no identified other use. Why bother with

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-08 Thread Lester Caine
Andy Allan wrote: On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Lester Caine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The purpose of the service road is to service an industrial area - therefore it is not simply unclassified. Unclassified is only appropriate - in my opinion - when the road has no identified other use.

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
Lester Caine wrote: Sent: 07 November 2008 11:47 AM To: OSM Talk Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads David Earl wrote: On 07/11/2008 11:31, Christoph Boehme wrote: Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I added some streets recently on an industrial estate and tagged them

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Tom Chance wrote: This is what I always do, with one distinction: if it is a signposted road going into the estate, then I use highway=unclassified; if it is a service road running through the estate I use highway=service. I like that as a general principle - the concept of routeyness, if you

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Lester Caine
David Earl wrote: On 07/11/2008 11:31, Christoph Boehme wrote: Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I added some streets recently on an industrial estate and tagged them highway=road as I'm not sure what other tag to use. They are roads on a uk industrial estate with the normal white lines

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Christoph Boehme
Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I added some streets recently on an industrial estate and tagged them highway=road as I'm not sure what other tag to use. They are roads on a uk industrial estate with the normal white lines in the middle of the road. I usually tag these roads as

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Alex Mauer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Joshua Scotton wrote: Hi, I added some streets recently on an industrial estate and tagged them highway=road as I'm not sure what other tag to use. They are roads on a uk industrial estate with the normal white lines in the middle of the

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread James Stewart
There has just been this discussion on the spanish list - and the conclusion was to label these roads as 'residential', since they are generally public roads with traffic similar to residential areas, rather than roads between places which would be 'unclassified' or 'classified', and are

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread David Earl
On 07/11/2008 11:31, Christoph Boehme wrote: Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I added some streets recently on an industrial estate and tagged them highway=road as I'm not sure what other tag to use. They are roads on a uk industrial estate with the normal white lines in the middle of

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Lester Caine
Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: Lester Caine wrote: Sent: 07 November 2008 11:47 AM To: OSM Talk Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads David Earl wrote: On 07/11/2008 11:31, Christoph Boehme wrote: Joshua Scotton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I added some streets recently

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Joshua Scotton
On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 12:14 +, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: ...snip... Usually highway=service You might want to mark the boundary of the industrial area out and tag it landuse=industrial. +1, that's what the highway=service was intended for when I created the original

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)
David Earl wrote: Sent: 07 November 2008 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads On 07/11/2008 06:48, Joshua Scotton wrote: Hi, I added some streets recently on an industrial estate and tagged them highway=road as I'm

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
David Earl wrote: On 07/11/2008 06:48, Joshua Scotton wrote: Hi, I added some streets recently on an industrial estate and tagged them highway=road as I'm not sure what other tag to use. They are roads on a uk industrial estate with the normal white lines in the middle of the road.

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread David Earl
On 07/11/2008 06:48, Joshua Scotton wrote: Hi, I added some streets recently on an industrial estate and tagged them highway=road as I'm not sure what other tag to use. They are roads on a uk industrial estate with the normal white lines in the middle of the road. Should I use

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Tom Chance
On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:30:34 +, David Earl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07/11/2008 06:48, Joshua Scotton wrote: They are roads on a uk industrial estate with the normal white lines in the middle of the road. Usually highway=service You might want to mark the boundary of the industrial

[OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Joshua Scotton
Hi, I added some streets recently on an industrial estate and tagged them highway=road as I'm not sure what other tag to use. They are roads on a uk industrial estate with the normal white lines in the middle of the road. Should I use something like highway=industrial, or something else?

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Thomas Wood
2008/11/7 James Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There has just been this discussion on the spanish list - and the conclusion was to label these roads as 'residential', since they are generally public roads with traffic similar to residential areas, rather than roads between places which would be

Re: [OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

2008-11-07 Thread Cartinus
On Friday 07 November 2008 12:47:07 Lester Caine wrote: unclassified is certainly out of place where the purpose of the road is known, ??? Can you explain what you mean by this? -- m.v.g., Cartinus ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org