On 3/5/17 8:22 AM, Mike N wrote: > Hi, > > Typically, regional classifications do not map into OSM > classification, and often conflict. > > If a freeway / expressway is constructed as an OSM motorway, it > should be motorway. > > If a 'local' road serves an industrial area it should be > unclassified because it doesn't serve residences. > > And probably others. Even within OSM in the US, there is not an > absolute level of classification that has been agreed on and > verifiable by everyone. > > On 3/4/2017 10:55 PM, idn...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> >> I was thinking of using MODOT Functional classification maps to set >> roads to. Basically the following: >> philosophically, in OSM we tend to focus on things verifiable on the ground, rather than things we get from official docs.
i could see setting up a separate namespace which could contain functional classifications, but i would object to trying to hijack long established tags which others are already working with. we've kind of been there before and it was unfortunate. richard -- rwe...@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search
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