If this information is available then its useful data within OSM in the same way that references to gritting routes and customary bus stops are useful. However, because these things are difficult or impossible to verify on the ground its doubly important that if they are added to the database they include appropriate source tagging.
I certainly would not encourage changing the highway= tag just because the local authority has referenced the road as C, D or U. Just treat the detail as additional useful information to someone, not necessarily the OSM rendered map. Cheers Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:talk-gb- >[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Doerr >Sent: 04 March 2010 9:33 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Kent County Council Highways Gazetteer > >On 03/01/2010 11:36, Colin Smale wrote: >> While searching the internet for arbitration in a case where "local >> wisdom" appeared to conflict with OSM data I came across the Kent County >> Council Highways Gazetteer. It contains a "complete" list of roads in >> Kent, including their reference, road number, name, official >> classification, parish and length. >> >> It's a PDF file, linked from here: >> >http://www.kent.gov.uk/roads_and_transport/transport_policies/road_status/a >dopted_and_private_streets.aspx >> >> I would like to use this document to classify minor roads correctly as >> "unclassified" or "tertiary", add the official road number, at least to >> the "tertiary" roads, i.e. C-roads, and possibly "access=permissive" >> where the road is a privately maintained road (assuming unhindered >> access etc. as described on the Wiki). > >A couple of questions about C-roads... > >Is there a consensus about how these should be treated? Given that they >are not a 'public-facing' classification (never appear on road signs or >on any map you would buy from W. H. Smith's), I'm not sure we want the >standard renderings cluttered up with them, do we? Should we invent a >tag such as ref:internal (say) for these? > >Secondly, am I right in thinking that these are not unique references >like the A- and B-roads? (Unique within the UK, that is.) In other >words, whereas Wrotham Road near me is 'the A227', nearby Coldharbour >Road is not 'the C364', it's just one of many C364s, albeit the only one >in Kent? Should this be reflected in the tagging? I see in the States >they use network=US:[state]:[county] to tag county roads. > >-- >Steve > > >_______________________________________________ >Talk-GB mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2721 - Release Date: 03/03/10 >19:34:00 _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
