2009/6/3 Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net>: > > Peter Miller wrote: >> Personally I want a structure for the town which tells a story >> about today's road use, rather than a dusty document in a >> council. I should inform routing engines to keep cars on >> major roads and cyclists off them. > > I don't dispute that this information would be valuable - to draw a > cartographic analogy, that's absolutely what Michelin maps do, though the > fact they're the only ones in the UK to do so might tell you something! > > But nonetheless the existing use of the highway= tag in the UK is understood > by 95% of UK mappers and it's not helpful to have a little island of "we do > things differently here" in Ipswich. So you should (I would almost go as far > as to say "must") use another tag for this. Personally, I would love to see > the use of tags like traffic=low - it would be hugely useful for determining > cyclable roads. >
The whole highway tag seams very Uk Centric when its not meant to be; (Says he who had to read it last night (twice)). It seams to be relatively clear that the tag applies to the Road not to some council document; with one plausable exception for Motorways. If you see what looks and feels like a B Road but you can't see its number or the signs are not the right colour; Tag it as such. I'm noting major gaps in the map quality in Gravesend/Bluewater/A2 area; I know there has been a lot of new roads built in this area. But its mostly finished now. I have just had to correct the dual carriage way past Asda Greenhithe/Station. I'm wondering if a Mapping Party might be in order.... Sounds like a publicity stunt round the shops at Bluewater might work nicely. Regards Peter. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
