Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/04/2011 02:55 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:12 AM, Paul Johnson baloo-PVOPTusIyP/sroww+9z...@public.gmane.org wrote: On 01/03/2011 08:33 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeGUSMssl7kt=0m15s There's not much merging room (no worse than on

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-04 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/03/2011 08:33 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Paul Johnson baloo-PVOPTusIyP/sroww+9z...@public.gmane.org wrote: On 01/03/2011 05:14 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Paul Johnson baloo-PVOPTusIyP/sroww+9z...@public.gmane.org

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-04 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:12 AM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On 01/03/2011 08:33 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeGUSMssl7kt=0m15s There's not much merging room (no worse than on many Interstates), but it's nowhere near a right angle. I'm familiar with

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-03 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On 01/01/2011 09:45 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Yes - Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct. It seems like a clear motorway to me, but a local has tagged it as trunk. Alaska has intersections on at least one of it's three decks,

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-03 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/03/2011 05:14 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Paul Johnson baloo-PVOPTusIyP/sroww+9z...@public.gmane.org wrote: On 01/01/2011 09:45 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Yes - Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct. It seems like a clear motorway to me, but a local has tagged

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/01/2011 04:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable to tag a highway as trunk rather than motorway because it has no shoulders or a low speed limit (40 mph)? My

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-02 Thread Paul Johnson
On 01/01/2011 09:45 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Richard Weait richard-gnthur35lhcavxtiumw...@public.gmane.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II neroute2-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org wrote: Question: what do people think about

[Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable to tag a highway as trunk rather than motorway because it has no shoulders or a low speed limit (40 mph)? ___ Talk-us

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Richard Welty
On 1/1/11 5:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable to tag a highway as trunk rather than motorway because it has no shoulders or a low speed limit (40 mph)? with the low

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Nathan Edgars II
Oops - meant to send this to the list. On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: On 1/1/11 5:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Richard Weait
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable to tag a highway as trunk rather than motorway because it has no shoulders or a low

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Richard Weait rich...@weait.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable to tag a

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Greg Troxel
Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable to tag a highway as trunk rather than motorway because it has no shoulders or a low speed limit (40 mph)? In the US, we seem to have what I'd call

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Greg Troxel g...@ir.bbn.com wrote: In the US, we seem to have what I'd call Interstate standards. It generally seems like motorway is appropriate for Except half the Interstates don't meet current standards. I don't know of any maps that show Interstate-standard

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Nathan Mills
So if a motorway became sub-standard through a small city with a low speed limit, but still limited access, you think tagging it as secondary or tertiary would be appropriate? Seems to me that it's functioning as a motorway regardless of the speed limit. I-93 is a pathological case, and since

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Dion Dock
Question: what do people think about minimum standards for tagging something highway=motorway? In other words, would it be reasonable to tag a highway as trunk rather than motorway because it has no shoulders or a low speed limit (40 mph)? There are plenty of motorways in Portland OR that

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: and be reserved for specific categories of motor vehicles. This would eliminate a large number of Interstates out west. Maybe it would. Is that a problem?

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: and be reserved for specific categories of motor vehicles. This would eliminate a large

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Anthony
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: and be reserved for

Re: [Talk-us] Minimum standards for motorways?

2011-01-01 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: Usually a freeway is