I agree with the local knowledge bit and perhaps the wiki could do with a bit of clarification since these mappers are working from imagery using the HOT tiles and its quite inconsistant considering they are using the same wiki for guidance. Are they interpreting it differently or more likely not even looking at it. It isn't always refered to in the instructions for the projects.
One way to look at it is provided there is some sort of highway there then someone can clean it up later, but if its cleaner to start with its easier to work with. Cheerio John On 12 June 2016 at 10:16, Russell Deffner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > > > > Road classification, as most of us are well aware, is difficult to say the > least. My opinion is that what suggest as ‘best practice’ for remote > mapping in Africa is to use this as a guide: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa > > > > However, looking over it, I think it does need a ‘refresh’; it doesn’t > even mention trunk or service tags (not even a ‘don’t use’ rule of thumb), > however, I wonder if that image for primary roads doesn’t better show a > ‘trunk road’. > > > > Specifically, I think all road classification is only as good as the local > community, because often you can’t tell ‘significance’ or function without > local knowledge. > > > > =Russ > > > > *From:* john whelan [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Sunday, June 12, 2016 7:21 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [HOT] Highway=residential in Africa > > > > When validating I'm seeing a large number of highways in rural areas > tagged as highway=residential rather than highway=unclassified mainly by > new mappers in maperthons but even one or two project managers are using > this designation and I'm not sure why. > > My expectation is a few highways within a landuse=residential ie mainly > towns or larger villages would be so tagged but not those outside. > > > > Thoughts? > > Thanks John >
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