[Talk-us] highway: tertiary?

2008-09-13 Thread David Carmean
Hi, I'm not sure if this question is within scope of this list, but I thought it might be sufficiently country-specific: when is it appropriate to use "highway: tertiary" in the US? Thanks. ___ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http:/

Re: [Talk-us] highway: tertiary?

2008-09-13 Thread Alan Brown
I noticed the following suggested definitions for California for different road classes: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/California For tertiary, they suggested highway=tertiary Lower traffic volumes on wide streets, or higher on narrow ones. Kinda' vague and I'm not sure I'

Re: [Talk-us] highway: tertiary?

2008-09-13 Thread David Carmean
Alan, I live in the Bay Area and in fact will probably be augmenting some of your work down around Alviso and Sunnyvale; do you have any examples where you've actually chosen to use highway=tertiary? On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 09:57:52AM -0700, Alan Brown wrote: > I noticed the following sugges

Re: [Talk-us] highway: tertiary?

2008-09-13 Thread Alan Brown
Here's an example, where I used to live a short distance south of Alviso: http://www.openstreetmap.com/?lat=37.3851&lon=-121.9258&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF See the light yellow roads that connect to other roads such as Montague Expressway and 1st St? Roads such as Lick Mill Blvd, Orchard Parkway,