I was thinking further about the idea that came up here: deduct road type from the landuse=residential. It's different than current usage, and I dont think it is feasable.
Vr gr Peter Elderson Op za 23 feb. 2019 om 14:02 schreef Andy Townsend <ajt1...@gmail.com>: > On 23/02/2019 11:36, Peter Elderson wrote: > > The tagging scheme should have a clear intention to facilitate > > rendering and routing. Then renderers and routers know what there is, > > so they can decide how to handle it. > > > To be clear, "highway=road" is used when it _isn't_ clear what the > classification should be. > > > > > > If residential area means that road class is highway=residential > > unless taggted otherwise, that should be made very clear. > > > No, it doesn't. > > > > At the moment, I don't think it is clear, and road tagging in > > residential areas in Nederland certainly does not follow this principle. > > > That's good! > > > > If the scheme is adopted and very clearly documented, I could adjust > > the residential road tagging in my village (pop 25.000) in a couple of > > hours. Most residential roads now are tagged as unclassified, I just > > have to list them, determine if the default fits, then retag them as > > highway=road. > > > Tagging roads that you know well as "highway=road" sounds like a mistake. > > > > > > The problem with such a default of course is: if the area is altered, > > roads may (and will) unintentionally change because suddenly the > > default applies or no longer applies. Also, wouldn't renderers and > > routers will have to deal with roads crossing the border of a > > residential area suddenly changing types, without a node to tie the > > action to? > > > I think there's been a miscommunication here - there is no such > default. It's certainly not your fault - English as used to describe > roads in the UK is the problem, with "unclassified" meaning a particular > explicit classification. > > Best Regards, > > Andy > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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