> From: Andrew Guertin [mailto:andrew.guer...@uvm.edu] > Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Burlington, Vermont road classification > > On 10/18/2012 05:07 PM, Richard Weait wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Andrew Guertin > <andrew.guer...@uvm.edu> wrote: > >> 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. > > > > If you are both local mappers, I suggest that you actually meet face > > to face and share a beverage. [...] > > While not a bad idea, I don't think that this is necessary or helpful > for this case. We're both impressed with each other's work, and (it > seems through text at least) perfectly willing to accept the other's > viewpoint, it's just that now we've realized that the docs are ambiguous > enough to make *both* viewpoints valid, and we'd like to choose the one > that most closely matches the rest of the map, especially in nearby > areas.
The unfortunate answer - it isn't consistent. When it comes to road classifications in the US and Canada, each state or province is like its own country would be in Europe. In Europe, funding models and government classifications are generally consistent on a country-wide basis. When each state classifies differently, it follows that OSM classifications are going to differ. In BC we find the government classifications generally unhelpful so we don't pay them much attention (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Canada:British_Columbia#Highways_and_pro vincial_roads) Hopefully someone from Vermont can chime in with another view from the state, but from afar, either viewpoint is valid. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
