Dave Hansen wrote: > On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 15:50 -0500, Richard Welty wrote: >> On 2/26/10 3:14 PM, Nakor Osm wrote: >> > >> > What is the distinction made between trunk and motorways for tagging >> > in the US. As an example should this portion of US41 ( >> > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=41.8967&lon=-87.6177&zoom=14 >> > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=41.8967&lon=-87.6177&zoom=14> ) be >> > a motorway or a trunk? >> for all practical purposes, a trunk is a motorway-wannabe, but with >> grade level crossings of >> some sort, either with stop signs for the lesser roads, or traffic >> lights. you generally won't >> see driveways or businesses directly on trunks, there will often be >> frontage roads for that. >> >> the portion of US 41 you point out is a bit schzoid, mostly grade >> separated but with a scattering >> of grade level crossings. the points with grade level crossings should >> certainly be trunk. > > Well, it's going to look goofy on the map to have dotted green and blue > lines. > > I'd say that you also need to consider how long the segment is. I have > a divided road with fences on both sides and limited access near my > house. There's a 25ft stretch of it with limited access. Is that a > motorway for 25ft? ;)
I'd call both situations a trunk for the entire length. Expressways (trunks) can have limited-access ramps, but not all intersections are grade seperated. Example: Oregon's Milwaukie Expressway. http://osm.org/go/WIDjUIcuR- _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
