On Jan 3, 2008 4:37 AM, Shawn Rutledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 1, 2008 8:31 PM, John Wolter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, the TIGER upload is a one-time starting point for the map. And yes, > > the TIGER data leaves lots to be desired. I have noticed that TIGER assigns > > primary to US Highways, secondary to state highways. Personally, I don't > > Well US highways are mostly motorways (freeways) right? > > I like having the major/minor grid lines in a different color, which > is why I did it that way, but city streets do stretch the definition > of "highway" a bit. :-) But then again, so do the hiking trails > (highway=footway). I also see it being done this way in Los Angeles. > > I'm thinking "trunk" might be appropriate as the level above "primary" > in the case when a state highway is a divided one, but not a freeway > (it still has intersections). > > BTW it's kinda late on Wednesday and I still don't see my changes in > the main map. Guess it's taking longer than the claimed 12 hours, or > something went wrong.
See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Highway#International_equivalence for US highway tagging. Changes should appear on the osmarender layer of the main map within a day, the mapnik (default) layer is updated weekly. -- Regards, Thomas Wood (Edgemaster) _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
