The road classification system within the municipalities can be confusing, especially when evaluating the "biggest routes around town", "major connecting routes around town" and "minor connecting routes around town". We each have different perspectives in that regard. Then there are cases where a road could be classified differently depending on its segments. One of the cases of confusion is where Reykjanesbraut meets Fjarðarbraut in Hafnarfjörður[1]. For some reason, the segment leading to Reykjavík is considered a trunk road but there it changes to a primary roads and keeps that tag until it ends in Reykjanesbær (close to the international airport). According to the OSM wiki page is:Map Features, primary=trunk is only supposed to be used for route #1 (The Ring Road) and other trunk roads (stofnvegir) are supposed to get the highway=primary tag, despite the fact that they're referred to as trunk roads. This curious distinction doesn't seem to have been observed in practice.
In my view, I think we should aim to translate the classifications of the authorities which maintain each road or at least have some clear definitions. One of those *could be* that roads within urban areas maintained by Vegagerðin should all be classified as primary roads. When it comes to the roads the municipalities themselves take care of, I would be surprised if any of the major municipalities haven't already categorised all their roads according to some sort of system of importance or function in order to comply with legal requirements. With such a system, it should, in general terms, be fairly clear which value to pick in each case. [1] https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/64.0736/-21.9370 - Svavar Kjarrval On sun 23.apr 2017 12:58, Jóhannes Birgir Jensson wrote: > I have updated the wiki with a small addition - the information there > was from 2011 so it is VERY outdated. > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Icelandic_road_system > > Proposal 2 seems most like what we have been doing so far. > > > On 23.4.2017 08:55, jay lialis wrote: >> PROPOSAL 1 >> trunk - Highway 1/multiple-lane urban avenues >> primary - 2-digit roads/major city roads >> secondary - 3-digit roads/minor city roads >> tertiary - roads connecting villages, city roads with priority >> unclassified - unpaved roads/roads connecting farms, factories etc >> >> PROPOSAL 2 >> trunk - Highway 1/multiple-lane urban avenues >> primary - S roads/major city roads >> secondary - T roads/minor city roads >> tertiary - paved H/L roads, roads connecting villages/city roads with >> priority >> unclassified - unpaved roads, roads connecting farms, factories etc >> >> PROPOSAL 3 >> trunk - S roads >> primary - T roads/major city roads >> secondary - paved L-H roads/minor city roads >> tertiary - unpaved roads, roads connecting villages, city roads with >> priority >> unclassified - roads connecting farms, factories etc >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-is mailing list >> Talk-is@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-is > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-is mailing list > Talk-is@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-is _______________________________________________ Talk-is mailing list Talk-is@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-is
