I didn't find a newbie list so I've been reading the wiki and this list for the last week. I've been working on streets in and around Wichita and Newton, Kansas for the last week, it seems there has been little done since the tiger data import, as most freeway(motorway) intersections also connect directly to the crossing street. I've been disconnecting and making sure that the entrance and exit ramps match the yahoo image. and adding bridges to the appropriate way.
But before I do to much damage it would be nice if someone could give me "constructive criticism" if and what I am missing and if I am doing things correctly. see this area http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.6777&lon=-97.3922&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF and http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=38.0556&lon=-97.3127&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF I haven't even started describing lanes etc. You current discussion of lanes on bridges is very interesting and I am assuming some of it also pertains to lanes in a city setting. also - more questions about roads in a rural setting. we have dirt and/or sand or gravel roads every mile - I think I'll put surface=unpaved and surface=dirt, is there a preferred way to designate , like the UPS and Fedex men have maps, of which roads are not passable when wet? then about about every 5 - 10 miles there will be a county road that is very rough pavement and between towns or out to the state or US highways there will be a better paved road, then the US or state highway will lead out to the interstate freeway so help me make sure I understand these levels interstate freeway = motorway US highway = primary state highway = secondary good county highway = terterary or county highway = residential surface=paved smoothness=good poor county highway = residential surface=paved smoothness=bad graveled & sand road highway= track? surface=unpaved dirt road = highway= track? surface=dirt if it is not passable when wet is there something else to add or will surface=dirt be the key then of course once in a while there are roads that have signs "minimum maintenance" they aren't even good for bicycle travel - tractors and 4wheel drives are all that go there. nearing a destination you might want a gps device to use the county highways in a route but certainly not route thru them unless you had to use them to get to a particular stop. and the gravel or dirt roads you'd want to not route at all unless there was no other way to get to that stop - ie the stop was not on a paved road. Is there something that would key that. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
