Re: [Talk-us] Another random road reclassification

2012-08-15 Thread James Mast
Thanks for the heads up. While he hasn't done anything in the Pgh area, I did notice this one section of US-19 in WV he upgraded from Trunk to Motorway in Changeset 12698753. (http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/12698753) I've traveled US-19 between I-79 and I-77/I-64 over 50 times

Re: [Talk-us] Another random road reclassification

2012-08-15 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: I just noticed user SimMoonXP ( http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SimMoonXP ) reclassifying a few isolated stretches of KS highway 7 in the Kansas City area. I sent a message asking why and he indicated that he was

Re: [Talk-us] Another random road reclassification

2012-08-15 Thread Clay Smalley
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: I know there is some disagreement about road classification, especially when it comes to trunk but I'm pretty sure most people would agree that this is incorrect. Thoughts? I've been told you should use highway=trunk,

Re: [Talk-us] Another random road reclassification

2012-08-15 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Clay Smalley claysmal...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: I know there is some disagreement about road classification, especially when it comes to trunk but I'm pretty sure most people would agree

Re: [Talk-us] Another random road reclassification

2012-08-15 Thread Richard Weait
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Clay Smalley claysmal...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: I know there is some disagreement about road classification,

Re: [Talk-us] Another random road reclassification

2012-08-15 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Richard Weait wrote: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/expressway expressway=yes, seems to be a fringe tag at best. I believe our German friends use motorroad=yes for this. cheers Richard -- View this message in context:

Re: [Talk-us] Another random road reclassification

2012-08-15 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Richard Fairhurst rich...@systemed.netwrote: Richard Weait wrote: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/expressway expressway=yes, seems to be a fringe tag at best. I believe our German friends use motorroad=yes for this. Not quite. American expressways

Re: [Talk-us] Another random road reclassification

2012-08-15 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Paul Johnson wrote: Not quite. American expressways sometimes, but not always, have driveways, tracks and service roads connecting, German motorroads don't. Oh, sure. But you don't need me to tell you that slight national variations in the exact meaning of OSM highway tagging are nothing

Re: [Talk-us] Another random road reclassification

2012-08-15 Thread Toby Murray
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Toby Murray toby.mur...@gmail.com wrote: I just noticed user SimMoonXP ( http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SimMoonXP ) reclassifying a few isolated stretches of KS highway 7 in the Kansas City area. I sent a message asking why and he indicated that he was