On Wed, 02 Sep 2015 06:54:04 +0900 John Willis <jo...@mac.com> wrote:
> > > > On Sep 1, 2015, at 9:46 PM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> > > wrote: > > > > presently traverses a staircase! > > I currently forget which, but a national road in Japan officially > becomes a staircase near its terminus, as the government managed > "road" is significant older than cars, and for historical reasons, > the staircase is legally considered part of the road. > > There are some national primary/trunk roads that have a modern > tertiary bypass, but the 200 year old primary bypassed section that > goes down a "toboggan route" down a mountain or narrows to less than > 2 meters is still considered the primary/trunk route for the same > reasons - which is a real pain to reconcile. From this it sounds like this tagging in OSM is relying too much on official classification rather than on real road importance. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
