Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> Bear in mind that the highway tags aren't meant >> to be a sliding scale of importance, or follow a strict hierarchy. > > -1. I would contradict this for streets.
I would correct that. Roads that form the main road network have a scale of importance - yes - but once we drop below that infrastructure, all the remaining ways should be considered as equal, and personally *I* include tertiary in that. So residential, service and probably even track as well as unclassified are of equal importance when it comes to the main function of moving vehicles from a to c. The argument about 'is way x better than way y' where one is residential and one is unclassified is the mistake being made, and I would still like some one the provide a situation where unclassified would be used in an urban area which is by default 'residential/industrial' ? Although the designation of 'green belt' within an urban area probably adds a level of uncertainty :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
