Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-10 Thread Ross Scanlon
On 11/02/17 12:21, Warin wrote: On 11-Feb-17 11:28 AM, Ross Scanlon wrote: On 11/02/17 07:00, Warin wrote: The NSW LPT base map is particularly helpful for road classifications .. tracks, unclassified, tertiary and paths. It is in some ways better than a survey as it looks to take into

Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-10 Thread Warin
On 11-Feb-17 11:28 AM, Ross Scanlon wrote: On 11/02/17 07:00, Warin wrote: The NSW LPT base map is particularly helpful for road classifications .. tracks, unclassified, tertiary and paths. It is in some ways better than a survey as it looks to take into account the importance to the

Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-10 Thread Ross Scanlon
On 11/02/17 07:00, Warin wrote: The NSW LPT base map is particularly helpful for road classifications .. tracks, unclassified, tertiary and paths. It is in some ways better than a survey as it looks to take into account the importance to the community and that is very hard to determine by

Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-10 Thread Warin
The NSW LPT base map is particularly helpful for road classifications .. tracks, unclassified, tertiary and paths. It is in some ways better than a survey as it looks to take into account the importance to the community and that is very hard to determine by simply travelling the road. Where a

Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-09 Thread David Bannon
Do you mean without seeing them yourself Warren ? I personally think that you should only correct another mapper's work if you have personally seen something that needs correction. I am sure there are some exceptions. But here, in particular, you seem to have "negative" information. Its

Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-09 Thread Andrew Harvey
On 10 February 2017 at 16:33, Warren wrote: > Do we accept the Main Roads Western Australia data as a list of officially > recognised Roads ( highway = primary, residential, etc not = track or = > path)? > > I accept the point that highway = unclassified could be

Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-09 Thread Warren
To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track I have asked this question before but did not really get a clear answer. I am working off the Western Australian Main Roads data checking against the OSM road attributes. Occasionally I come across lines that are classed

Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-09 Thread Eon4wd
@openstreetmap.org Subject: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track I have asked this question before but did not really get a clear answer. I am working off the Western Australian Main Roads data checking against the OSM road attributes. Occasionally I come across lines that are classed in OSM

Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-09 Thread Warin
Does the Main roads Department show residential roads? If not then I would also assume that the unclassified roads would not necessarily be displayed either. On their website .. https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/OurRoads/Facts/Pages/StateRoadNetworkMaps.aspx they say "In the future, this may

Re: [talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-09 Thread Ben Kelley
Generally if it's graded I would put highway=unclassified. - Ben. On 10 February 2017 at 10:51, Warren wrote: > I have asked this question before but did not really get a clear answer. > > I am working off the Western Australian Main Roads data checking against >

[talk-au] When is a Road a Track

2017-02-09 Thread Warren
I have asked this question before but did not really get a clear answer. I am working off the Western Australian Main Roads data checking against the OSM road attributes. Occasionally I come across lines that are classed in OSM as highway:unclassified or highway:residential that do not