Greetings, 2013/8/31 Matthias Meisser < dig...@arcor.de > > 2. Road classification > I noticed that most smaller roads that I would classify as > highway=service are mapped as resedential and with name instead. So I > guess the requirements for service tag is even higher in Portugal? > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 03:36:12PM +0200, f.dos.san...@free.fr wrote: >> 2. The 'hard' rules for road classification in Portugal are : >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Estradas >> >> But you know, there's no such thing as hard rules in OSM ;-) >> >> Personally, I use highway=service for roads accessing amenity : fuel >> station, parking. >> For a road going around one or more buildings, obviously used only for those >> resident, I'll tend to classify it as highway=residential.
This is actually an interesting question. I tend to follow the criteria described on the wikipage (which I was not aware of). The classification of a highway is not directly related to the width of the street. Like Francisco, I tend to use highway=service for roads that are used exclusively to access a particular facility, amenity, garage, usually within a relatively small distance. A good rule of thumb to distinguish from highway residential is for me: does anyone actually walk on this street/road or is it mainly used by cars to access a specific location? Also, in general, they would not have a name. An interesting case is the Alfama neighbourhood in Lisbon. The streets are all very narrow, but I think none should be classified as highway=service, but rather using highway=residential (where cars can circulate), highway=pedesdrian (where cars do not circulate), highway=steps and occasionally highway=footpath for some narrow path. Alfama is actually rather incompletely mapped. It is actually a rather challenging task, but it should also be a great pleasure. Any takers? Best regards, João _______________________________________________ Talk-pt mailing list Talk-pt@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-pt
