Re: [Talk-in] classification for rural roads

2015-03-29 Thread Nura Uttelamiak
Hi All, thanks for all the feedback. One thing i forgot to mention is that the classification (1) i have mentioned earlier is purely for residential traffic. I don't see anyone using those roads other than people live on that road or who want to visit them. so it matches the http://wiki.openstr

Re: [Talk-in] classification for rural roads

2015-03-29 Thread Arun Ganesh
Just went through the IRC Roads and Bridges handbook [1] and updated some sections of the wiki regarding village roads: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_Roads_in_India#Major_Roads 1) Asphalted roads that are wide enough just for a single car/small truck. > There are no shoulders to these

Re: [Talk-in] classification for rural roads

2015-03-28 Thread Sunil K
One peculiar problem I faced while mapping in kerala is the villages are spread out, there are usually no village centers. Also many cases there is no hard boundary to separate two panchayths or even districts. Yes, there are hard boundaries for administrative purpose, but for most practical p

Re: [Talk-in] classification for rural roads

2015-03-28 Thread I Chengappa
If the roads you are mapping connect two villages / local population centres, then it should be sufficient to tag them as tertiary roads, (with the lane number information if you have it). That usage reflects the original meaning outside OSM of 'tertiary road', (similarly secondary roads connected

[Talk-in] classification for rural roads

2015-03-28 Thread Nura Uttelamiak
Hi, I have been trying to map some of the roads around my area. I have seen quite a few types of roads around here. 1) Asphalted roads that are wide enough just for a single car/small truck. There are no shoulders to these kind of roads and the road boundaries are usually hard walls built around