On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:06 AM, James <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Mean while in other common wealth countries like Canada or Australia, >> it's not economically viable to pave every road. This is a very closed view >> on the world we live in. >> > > Heck, that's pretty true in the US as well; I actually did the research on > this for a bet recently. Unpaved centerline miles outnumber paved > centerline miles by around 3:1 in Oklahoma and closer to 7:1 in Oregon > (with over 60 of those unpaved centerline miles being Portland city > streets!). > It feels like the map orients itself to urban mapping too much. My stereo type is that if an urbanite runs into a dirt road they usually tag it as a track. I laughed when I came a cross dirt road that was silky smooth and could comfortably fit three semi-tractor trailers as a highway=track. Or there is the well maintained AZ 88[1] that was downgraded to unclassified from tertiary[2] presumably because the road is unpaved. There are mile markers, a state ref number, and at least one hotel. I've used a number of these phone applications. Each has their strengths and weaknesses. Pick one or more to meet your mapping needs. In the case of StreetComplete I thought that the whole point of the application was to read OSM data; ask a few questions; and change the map. There's another weakness of the application. Every location is not covered by cellular networks. [1] https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=33.527969006834496&lng=-111.31676532746405&z=17&pKey=sS6f6s5B_jMurb7qt4bfeQ&focus=photo [2] http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/124976509
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