Re: [Talk-us] Road classification

2008-12-17 Thread Alan Brown
. It's perceived importance. -Alan (self-conscious resident of San Jose) From: Karl Newman siliconfi...@gmail.com To: Joseph Scanlan n7...@arrl.net Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:04:44 AM Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Road

Re: [Talk-us] Road classification

2008-12-17 Thread Alan Brown
: Karl Newman siliconfi...@gmail.com To: Alan Brown adbrown1...@yahoo.com Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:52:55 AM Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Road classification On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Alan Brown adbrown1...@yahoo.com wrote: But - what percentage of local

Re: [Talk-us] Road classification

2008-12-16 Thread Chris Lawrence
I think the place to start in the US (and I'd assume Canada too, which tends to use US-originating classification) is the idea of functional classification which is used by highway planners. See e.g. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/flex/ch03.htm and http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/fctoc.htm

Re: [Talk-us] Road classification

2008-12-16 Thread Scott Atwood
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Chris Lawrence lordsu...@gmail.comwrote: - highway=trunk. Referred to in many states as an expressway. A highway typically with limited access by adjoining property owners, but access via both at-grade intersections and grade-separated interchanges.