Ok. So I guess I should message users Trubshaw (re A354) and UltimateKoopa (re A22), then. Thanks guys.
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Tom Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22/04/13 14:44, David Fisher wrote: > > I've noticed a couple of roads in the UK being downgraded in OSM from >> "trunk" to "primary" on the basis that they are not "trunk" in the >> County Council / DfT maintenance sense. They are, however, "green-sign" >> primary routes and are clearly of greater importance than your average >> "white-sign" route. The ones I've noticed are the A354 >> (Salisbury-Blandford) and A22 (Greater London boundary to E Grinstead). >> Strictly speaking these changes are correct, as "trunk" in the UK >> implies being run by the DfT rather than local councils (N.B. a large >> number of former trunk routes have been devolved in the past 10 or 20 >> years). But the OSM Wiki says to use the "trunk" tag for "primary A >> road (green signs)", and this would certainly make more sense from the >> road-user perspective. Is there a consensus on this? If not, might it >> be a good idea to introduce a new tag signifying a UK "green-sign" >> route, and for these to be rendered as such in Mapnik (i.e. in green, >> the same as "trunk" routes)? >> > > Yes, there has been a consensus for at least the last six and a bit years > now that "trunk" in the OSM sense means green signed primary A road and > "primary" means white signed secondary A road. > > Which is why the wiki says what it does. > > Tom > > -- > Tom Hughes ([email protected]) > http://compton.nu/ >
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