On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > I came across an interesting routing problem the other day. A section of > the Richardson Highway in Alaska was relocated in 2015 by the Alaska DOT in > anticipation of erosion or flooding by the nearby Delta River. However, the > old highway is still present, is still paved, and is shorter than the new > highway that replaced it. OSM mapper Will Lenz classified the old highway > as a track to "persuade" his GPS's routing algorithm into using the new > section. See the following changeset and the conversation I had with Will > here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/47049836. > > Clearly, the old highway is not a track using the Wiki's definition. I > might be tempted to tag it as highway=unclassified, or perhaps service, but > none of these solutions is ideal. Will's idea works but is not, strictly > speaking, proper. > > From the imagery, it certainly would fit the highway=unclassified. Since the new road isn't visible, do you know if the old road is paved up to the primary road on both ends? If it is, then yes, its an unclassified road. It might help routers to have add maxspeed. (Does Alaska even have a max speed limit?) Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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