Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

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Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

On Wed Aug 19 18:36:05 2015 GMT+0100, Paul Johnson wrote: On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Mateusz Konieczny matkoni...@gmail.com wrote: Note that it afffects also highway=path - in that case some/many people are convinced that there is some kind of difference of implied quality between

Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 2:52 PM, p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: On Wed Aug 19 18:36:05 2015 GMT+0100, Paul Johnson wrote: On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Mateusz Konieczny matkoni...@gmail.com wrote: Note that it afffects also highway=path - in that case some/many people are

Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

Mateusz Konieczny wrote: quality. In area with poor infrastructure road forming main road network, of the highest importance in region should be tagged highway=trunk - no matter whatever is is high-quality asphalt road or unsurfaced tract unusable after major rains. I generally agree on all

Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

2015-08-19 9:11 GMT+02:00 Lauri Kytömaa lkyto...@gmail.com: 1) I'd say that since trunk is the next best thing below motorway, in any country (or region) there has to be something between motorway standards and unsurfaced tract unusable after major rains - primary is a valid long distance

Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

I am planning on adding this information to wiki in near future. Note that it afffects also highway=path - in that case some/many people are convinced that there is some kind of difference of implied quality between highway=path and highway=footway. highway=path wiki page already contains

Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

I mean their country or region's wiki page Like http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Japan_tagging Javbw On Aug 13, 2015, at 2:16 AM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.net wrote: Highway:International equivalence for how ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

I agree that highway=* can't imply quality globally, but it is documented country by country how to tag certain types of roads, especially when there are enough types of roads to need all the definitions of highway=*. Japan's tagging page defines all the values and relates them to their

Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

On 8/12/15 8:35 AM, John Willis wrote: I agree that highway=* can't imply quality globally, but it is documented country by country how to tag certain types of roads, especially when there are enough types of roads to need all the definitions of highway=*. Japan's tagging page defines all

Re: [Tagging] Describe explicitly that values of highway tag do not imply anything about road quality (except highway=motorway and highway=motorway_link)

johnw wrote: Perhaps mentioning after this addition that a mapper should refer to their local tagging documentation in the wiki It already says that: The highway type helps indicate the importance of the highway within the road network as a whole... See Highway:International equivalence for