I would suggest that a tag like* highway=rural_residential* would be valuable. I often see dwellings in agricultural areas connected by a road/track/path. To classify a road as "unclassified" has always baffled me. Often in Ethiopia I see houses about 50 meters apart along a road which connects to other similar roads much like a residential street would only it is a rural/agricultural setting.
Emmor (Palolo) On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:13 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > It appears the explanation is here: > > http://hotosm.github.io/tracing-guides/guide/MozambiqueGuide.html > > The Mozambique projects point to this page which describes how to map > using a town as an example, they do not reference the African highway tag > wiki http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa. Only > secondary, tertiary and residential roads are mentioned and nothing is > there for more rual areas nor is there any mention of paths or tracks. It > also explains why I've seen buildings mapped with a name tag of thatched > roof. I'm not sure why the buildings are differentiated by metal or > thatched roof, my understanding is they all get mapped building=yes. > > We have mappers who are very experienced in mapping in Africa tagging one > way, we have new mappers trying to apply the instructions in the link for > urban areas to rural areas and the result is inconsistent mapping. > > Nothing in the Mozambique Guide is contra to the African highway tagging > wiki it just doesn't go far enough for rural areas. > > If someone could wave a magic wand conciliate the two I would be grateful. > > Note to Courtney I think you have some connections in the Peace Corps..... > > Thanks > > Cheerio John > > > On 12 June 2016 at 10:27, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I agree with the local knowledge bit and perhaps the wiki could do with a >> bit of clarification since these mappers are working from imagery using the >> HOT tiles and its quite inconsistant considering they are using the same >> wiki for guidance. Are they interpreting it differently or more likely not >> even looking at it. It isn't always refered to in the instructions for the >> projects. >> >> One way to look at it is provided there is some sort of highway there >> then someone can clean it up later, but if its cleaner to start with its >> easier to work with. >> >> Cheerio John >> >> On 12 June 2016 at 10:16, Russell Deffner <russell.deff...@hotosm.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi John, >>> >>> >>> >>> Road classification, as most of us are well aware, is difficult to say >>> the least. My opinion is that what suggest as ‘best practice’ for remote >>> mapping in Africa is to use this as a guide: >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa >>> >>> >>> >>> However, looking over it, I think it does need a ‘refresh’; it doesn’t >>> even mention trunk or service tags (not even a ‘don’t use’ rule of thumb), >>> however, I wonder if that image for primary roads doesn’t better show a >>> ‘trunk road’. >>> >>> >>> >>> Specifically, I think all road classification is only as good as the >>> local community, because often you can’t tell ‘significance’ or function >>> without local knowledge. >>> >>> >>> >>> =Russ >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* john whelan [mailto:jwhelan0...@gmail.com] >>> *Sent:* Sunday, June 12, 2016 7:21 AM >>> *To:* hot@openstreetmap.org >>> *Subject:* [HOT] Highway=residential in Africa >>> >>> >>> >>> When validating I'm seeing a large number of highways in rural areas >>> tagged as highway=residential rather than highway=unclassified mainly by >>> new mappers in maperthons but even one or two project managers are using >>> this designation and I'm not sure why. >>> >>> My expectation is a few highways within a landuse=residential ie mainly >>> towns or larger villages would be so tagged but not those outside. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Thanks John >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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