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 the values and relates them to their region's 
> system, from motorway through path. I imagine each country or region has a 
> how-to guide as well to translate local conditions into basic highway=* 
> types. 
>
> Perhaps mentioning after this addition that a mapper should refer to their 
> local tagging documentation in the wiki for a region, or ask a nearby mapper 
> for pointers if they have a question. 
>
the highway= tag already has problems with severe overloading of meaning
in many countries. overloading quality on top of all the other issues
does not
seem like a winning plan to me.

richard

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