Hi, Pierre: Looking for documentation, I found some official documents that classify the major roads of the RDC [1].
The document 4.1 [2] classifies the roads in 3 different types: routes nationales, routes provinciales prioritaires and routes provinciales secondaires. Wouldn't it be better for the RDC to take those documents as a reference? Another concern is I'm finding some roads that have a ref. that doesn't match with those documents. For example, road RP1030 appears as reference for different roads/branches, and moreover they change their type along the road. More puzzling is the fact that some of them have the tags attribution=«Ces données géographiques proviennent du Référentiel Géographique Commun (www.rgc.cd).» and source_ref=www.rgc.cd when they are clearly wrong according to that source. Source date is 30th November 2007, though. I'm just tagging as tertiary and unclassified the roads that don't appear to have a ref. number (according to those docs) and would suggest to tag the rest following this schema: routes nationales=trunk routes provinciales prioritaires=primary routes provinciales secondaires=secondary What do you think? It quite follows the schema you proposed for Mali anyhow. Cheers, Rafael. [1] http://www.rgc.cd/site/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=12:autres-documents&Itemid=66 [2] http://www.rgc.cd/site/phocadownload/4_1_nomenclature_routes_dinteret%20general_a4.pdf On 24/03/13 14:15, Pierre Béland wrote: > Rafael > > When mapping in african countries, we do not have access to > documentation that classify roads. I proposed a classification for Mali > roads which I think is pertinent for african countries in general. This > road classification is based on the observation of town sizes. The > primary and secondary classes are for major towns and the tertiary for > intermediate size towns. The unclassifed category is for smaller towns. > see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mali_Highway_tag > > Looking at roads classification around Kitchanga, I observe in general a > good hierarchy of roads. But the network of tertiary roads is incomplete > and needs to be revised. If you are not sure, use the unclassified > attribute. Once the network is completed, it should be easier to revise > the classification. > > Pierre > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *De :* Rafael Avila Coya <ravilac...@gmail.com> > *À :* hot@openstreetmap.org > *Envoyé le :* Dimanche 24 mars 2013 8h34 > *Objet :* [HOT] Fwd: Re: New Job for Tracing in the Congo > > Oups! I forgot the wiki URL: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Congo-Kinshasa/Routes > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [HOT] New Job for Tracing in the Congo > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:29:44 +0100 > From: Rafael Avila Coya <ravilac...@gmail.com > <mailto:ravilac...@gmail.com>> > To: hot@openstreetmap.org <mailto:hot@openstreetmap.org> > > Has anyone get any consensus on how to tag the national and provincial > roads in RDC? > > There is a wiki [1] with very nice info about the roads, with their > references and routes, but it doesn't say how to tag each of them: > trunk, primary, secondary, tertiary and unclassified. > > Any clue? > > Cheers, > > Rafael Ávila Coya (edvac). > > On 23/03/13 18:17, Pierre Béland wrote: > > The area around Sake and Kitchanga is a strategic point at the > carrefour > > of various roads and humanitarians have expressed concerns. There have > > been violences repeatedly, massive displacements of people and > sanitary > > risks. Thanks to the US State Department, we now have good imagery to > > cover this area. Thanks also to Jean-Guilhem and Andrew for the > imagery > > corrections and server setups. > > > > We should be able to cover this area rapidly. While we have access to > > the Nextview imagery, we should map as much as we can. For this Task > > Manager job, We will give Workflow instructions to map this area in > > detail including the buildings. > > > > > > Pierre > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *De :* Jean-Guilhem Cailton <j...@arkemie.com > <mailto:j...@arkemie.com>> > > *À :* hot@openstreetmap.org <mailto:hot@openstreetmap.org> > > *Envoyé le :* Samedi 23 mars 2013 10h45 > > *Objet :* Re: [HOT] New Job for Tracing in the Congo > > > > Hi, > > > > When I pointed out that clear high resolution images of the town of > > Kitchanga (and of the area between Saké and Kitchanga, > including the > > village of Burungu) were available, thanks to the State Department, > > Claire, who is our main contact in DRC, replied that : > > "We could set tasks for the national road surroundings, Burungu and > > Kitchanga. > > But it would also be valuable to use them for mapping all visible > > infrastructures out of those first three." > > > > And, half an hour later, she added : > > "ICRC confirmed their interest for Kitchanga data already. > > Considering the level of recent damages in town, it would be > good to > > get all the buildings drawn as well. > > Some other organisations might also be interested soon." > > > > > > For more information in your language about what happened recently > > in Kitchanga, you can look it up in your favorite search engine. > > > > Here are for example a few links, in English : > > > > https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=6673&cat=field-news > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21623068 > > > > and in French : > > > > http://blog.lesoir.be/colette-braeckman/2013/03/07/kitchanga-nord-kivu-ville-martyre/ > > > > http://radiookapi.net/actualite/2013/03/06/felix-prosper-basse-la-monusco-appuye-les-fardc-pour-empecher-lavancee-de-lapcls/#more-144986 > > > > http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_nord-kivu-kitchanga-se-noie-dans-son-sang?id=7943339 > > > > http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2013/03/07/la-croix-rouge-denonce-une-situation-dramatique-a-kitchanga-en-rdc_1844415_3212.html > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Jean-Guilhem > > > > > > Le 23/03/2013 14:48, Andrew Buck a écrit : > >> I am not sure what the goal is specifically, only that we have > a gap > >> in our coverage in the strip heading north from Sake and we were > >> granted access to some imagery to cover the area. We got the > imagery > >> due to interest in the region from humanitarian organizations, > but I > >> do not know who asked for the coverage or what specifically > they are > >> looking for. All I know is that we were missing imagery for > this area > >> and now we have it. > >> > >> Wish I had a more specific answer for you but that is all I > have at > >> this point. Hopefully someone can elaborate further so we can set > >> priorities appropriately, but even if not, this is just a good > gap in > >> our coverage to fill in anyway. > >> > >> -AndrewBuck > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> HOT mailing list > >> HOT@openstreetmap.org <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org> > <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org>> > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >> > > > > > > -- > > gpg 0x5939EAE2 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > HOT@openstreetmap.org <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org> > <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org>> > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > HOT mailing list > > HOT@openstreetmap.org <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org> > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > -- > Twitter: http://twitter.com/ravilacoya > > -------------------------------- > > Por favor, non me envíe documentos con extensións .doc, .docx, .xls, > .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, aínda podendoo facer, non os abro. > > Atendendo á lexislación vixente, empregue formatos estándares e abertos. > > http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument#Tipos_de_ficheros > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org <mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- Twitter: http://twitter.com/ravilacoya -------------------------------- Por favor, non me envíe documentos con extensións .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, aínda podendoo facer, non os abro. 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