[HOT] weeklyOSM #344 14/02/2017-20/02/2017

The weekly round-up of OSM news, issue # 344, is now available online in English, giving as always a summary of all things happening in the openstreetmap world: http://www.weeklyosm.eu/en/archives/8772/ Enjoy! weeklyOSM? who?: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WeeklyOSM#Available_Languages

[HOT] Community WG

Hey All, A reminder that Community Working Group will be meeting on Mumble* today Friday Feb 23rd at 10am EST*. We'll be in the "Meeting Room", and would love for you to join us. Trello Actions Previous Meeting Notes

Re: [HOT] note to Project Managers: Highway=road

>I think the existing advice is correct. highway=road is supposed to mean "I'm not sure what the classification is". Some routers ignore it? Yes that is a problem. At best they should rank it quite low. Outright *ignoring* the road seems like a bug. However don't tag for the renderer! Yes, it's

Re: [HOT] note to Project Managers: Highway=road

On 22/02/17 23:42, john whelan wrote: > Currently there are HOT projects that include in the instructions the words > > "If you are unsure of what tag to assign to a road, use the provisional > highway=road tag." > > Yes but many routing systems ignore this these. When we mapped with GPS >