Anthony wrote: > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I think it would be better if greater weight were given to what >> > network a particular road belongs to. >> > >> > Freeway expressway = motorway or trunk, otherwise... >> > US highway = primary >> > State highway = secondary >> > City/county/Forest route = tertiary >> >> Whoa! There are too many places, in my experience, where those >> network memberships do not line up with expectation of physical >> characteristics. >> > > Yeah. Motorway is simple. A road designated exclusively for motor > vehicles. The rest should probably be handled on a state by state basis. > Europe doesn't have a single tagging scheme for all of its states. Why > should the US?
Perhaps we should be working more towards worldwide consistency. I don't know about you, but I don't expect the same map to work differently in the UK than it does in Canada, or in Canada differently from the US. So why should the same map work differently in Oregon than it does New York or Washington? _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
