Re: [Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-26 Thread Paul Johnson
On 02/25/2011 01:18 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 2/25/2011 2:03 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: On 02/24/2011 07:44 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 2/24/2011 8:26 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On 02/24/2011 11:30 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: That's *one* thing trunk means. Trunk is also used as a higher

Re: [Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-24 Thread Greg Troxel
Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com writes: In the US there are two long federally-maintained roads, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Natchez Trace Parkway, that were built for the sole purpose of sightseeing. Since they are surrounded by a narrow strip of parkland, access is only allowed at

Re: [Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-24 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 2/24/2011 8:18 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: On the other hand, some apparently non-local user has messed up tagging of Route 2 near Boston/Cambridge (from alewife to the science museum) and made them trunk when they obviously aren't (to anyone who has been on them - no limited access, constant

Re: [Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-24 Thread Greg Troxel
Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com writes: On 2/24/2011 8:18 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: On the other hand, some apparently non-local user has messed up tagging of Route 2 near Boston/Cambridge (from alewife to the science museum) and made them trunk when they obviously aren't (to anyone who has

Re: [Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On 02/24/2011 07:18 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com writes: In the US there are two long federally-maintained roads, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Natchez Trace Parkway, that were built for the sole purpose of sightseeing. Since they are surrounded by a narrow strip

Re: [Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On 02/24/2011 11:30 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: That's not what trunk means - it's supposed to have significant motorway features, like some degree of limited access, very few lights, and very few at-grade intersections. There are bits of Memorial Drive that begin to approach that, but

Re: [Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-24 Thread Paul Johnson
On 02/24/2011 07:44 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 2/24/2011 8:26 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On 02/24/2011 11:30 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: That's *one* thing trunk means. Trunk is also used as a higher classification than primary. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Trunk Exactly. Right,

Re: [Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-24 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 2/25/2011 2:03 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: On 02/24/2011 07:44 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 2/24/2011 8:26 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On 02/24/2011 11:30 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: That's *one* thing trunk means. Trunk is also used as a higher classification than primary.

[Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-23 Thread Nathan Edgars II
In the US there are two long federally-maintained roads, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Natchez Trace Parkway, that were built for the sole purpose of sightseeing. Since they are surrounded by a narrow strip of parkland, access is only allowed at certain points, so they are technically expressways

Re: [Tagging] Long-distance scenic roads

2011-02-23 Thread Peter Budny
Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com writes: In the US there are two long federally-maintained roads, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Natchez Trace Parkway, that were built for the sole purpose of sightseeing. Since they are surrounded by a narrow strip of parkland, access is only allowed at