Well, if it doesn't matter, perhaps we should abolish classifications in OSM. *prepares for rotten tomatoes to be thrown at self* :P
It does matter if you think of application usability. What's a digital map for without a renderer or a router app? (And many others I don't recall now.) Both make assumptions based on classification (average speed, minimum zoom level, precedence of name drawing, etc.). Those apps attract users which eventually become contributors to OSM. (Not meaning to say that we should map or tag for apps, just a philosophical point.) I agree with you that 1-ries and 2-ries are more similar to each other than 2-ries and 3-ries are. But that's a sense that I've evolved after observing a lot of maps all over the world. Not something one would expect from a newbie (often the ones who get into edit wars). And then you have borderline cases that divide even the experienced guys (which usually have their own, slightly different personal sets of "importance" criteria). On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 2013/11/2 Fernando Trebien <[email protected]> >> >> Hm I may have misread about Germany then. >> >> The mais problem we discussed here in Brazil is getting everyone to >> agree with some vague subjective sense of importance, specially when >> deciding between two somewhat similar classifications (such as between >> secondary and tertiary). >> > > > it doesn't really matter ;-) > btw, IMHO secondary are more similar to primaries than they are to > tertiaries, as both are long range connections, while tertiaries aren't > generally long range connections. > > cheers, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Fernando Trebien +55 (51) 9962-5409 "The speed of computer chips doubles every 18 months." (Moore's law) "The speed of software halves every 18 months." (Gates' law) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
