Hi, There are two active mappers in the Burlington, Vermont area, and we disagree about how the roads should be classified, so we're looking for more opinions.
The crux of the problem is the answer to the question: Which is more important, outside/official classifications, or physical characteristics? The tagging pages on the wiki don't really provide clarity on this matter. For example, from [1], > Almost all other U.S. Highways get highway=primary. A primary > highway generally provides the best route (excluding motorways) > connecting adjacent cities or communities > Even where U.S. Highways connect only smaller communities, they still > merit highway=primary but > Primary highways generally lack stop signs; however, stop signs may > control major intersections in rural areas with low traffic volumes > and occur rarely elsewhere. The most notable example of this is North Willard Street[2]. It is part of US Route 7, but as can be seen with Bing Imagery, it is narrow, made narrower by street parking on both sides, and is controlled by stop signs. Similarly, Main Street is part of US Route 2, but has many lights, and does not even satisfy the "near the highest speed generally allowed on surface streets" note about secondary streets. Of note, there is in fact no path to get from US 7 south of Burlington to US 7 north of Burlington without stopping at at least one stop sign, except for the interstate. Should this imply that there just aren't any major roads here? We're especially interested in input from nearby states--the rest of New England and northern New York, but of course anyone with an opinion please chime in! Thanks, --Andrew [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=44.48388&lon=-73.20368&zoom=16&layers=M _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
