Re: [Talk-us] Trunk versus motorway

2018-12-01 Thread richiekennedy56
[forwarding this to talk-us, sent privately in error] -Original Message- From: Richie Kennedy Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2018 1:19 PM To: Paul Johnson Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Trunk versus motorway > On Nov 29, 2018, at 8:34 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Single carriageway grade

Re: [Talk-us] I think I got this right...

2017-01-22 Thread richiekennedy56
On Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 6:24 AM, Paul Johnson wrote > It would be easier to verify by using forward in the child relations > exclusively.  Then it will validate as a loop, or it won't, > and the gap becomes immediately apparent.  As tagged, most tools (JOSM > included) won't "get" it.

[Talk-us] I think I got this right...

2017-01-21 Thread richiekennedy56
Regarding the use of child relations for routes, and what to do about directional roles on beltways, I made some mapping changes to a beltway that happens to be local to me. I took the relation for I-435[1] and “cloned” it into 2 new relations in JOSM[2][3]. I then deleted all ways from the in

Re: [Talk-us] Another road classification disagreement (this time with HFCS in Kansas)

2015-09-06 Thread richiekennedy56
I am the editor in question. The discussion appears to assume that roadway design conveys type. I do not necessarily agree. However, I can see where some roads with a high HFCS classification may warrant a class downgrade. US 24 in Central Kansas obviously connects mainly smaller towns,

Re: [Talk-us] Locations for State of the Map US 2014

2013-11-15 Thread richiekennedy56
Seeing as how the “official” location of the lower 48’s centroid is in north-central Kansas, I’d have to dispute your claim that Tulsa is the closest major metro area. Looks to me that Lincoln, Nebraska would be the closest.  There’s also Wichita, Omaha, Topeka, and Kansas City. --

Re: [Talk-us] Tagging a super-two highway (trunk or motorway?)

2013-06-25 Thread richiekennedy56
I'm a little late to the party here, but I am involved in this question. I have marked US 169 between Iola and Chanute as Motorway because, although it is a super-two, it is fully controlled access along this segment. I believe this is consistent with the way most commercial map-makers would