Do you have any examples of some of the roads in question? Could you link to those please?
On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 00:51, Aleksandar Matejevic (E-Search) via Talk-au < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My name is Aleksandar Matejevic, I work for Microsoft OSM Editorial team. > In order to make the best decision in classifying roads across Australia, I > need some help. > > In government data and on signposts you can find on mapillary and/or open > street cam, you can track route numbers. I found out that routes mostly > consist of: > > M route – motorways > > A route – trunks > > B route – primary roads > > C route - secondary roads > > As long you map in non-urban area this is 99.99% true, but when you map > into city area it starts to get confusing. > > On this wiki page *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Australia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Australia>* there is no real > explanation how to classify AUS roads in OSM > > If you strictly follow this page: > *https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway>* than you should change > road classification several times on the same route way. > > Therefore I have a couple of questions: > > 1. Do you change the classification of highway on the motorway route into > trunk through the city because it does not have a physical barrier in > between (not restricted access) or do you keep it as motorway because of > consistency? > > 2. If we were to change the road classification several times during one > route way, should we ignore segments that are less than 3km (for example > motorway going through minor city in which it has a quality of trunk)? > > 3. Can motorway have some traffic signals when passing through city? > > 4. How to classify State routes (for example in Melbourne)? > > > > Best regards, > > Aleksandar > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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