I feel we should simplify it (although not too much), not everything here is applicable: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway
Another example, I don't feel like using the tag living_street. Here's the highway length stats to give us a general idea what highway tags are currently in use: primary 13237678m residential 12304569m secondary 5340661m road 3958559m tertiary 3578034m unclassified 3040564m trunk 2262544m service 856653m track 803020m motorway 558710m footway 220230m path 179135m motorway_link 71836m trunk_link 37981m primary_link 32565m cycleway 27131m construction 25302m pedestrian 14174m steps 3520m secondary_link 2660m raceway 1542m living_street 1473m proposed 526m ford 277m old road 124m Alley 101m On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:22 PM, ianlopez <ian_lopez_1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Maybe we should describe unclassified roads in the Philippine context as > roads within verified and/or urban areas that are of mixed use (commercial, > retail, industrial, residential, farmland), while the residential roads can > be described as a "road in either urban or rural areas that are within areas > that are classified as mostly residential". The road tag can be used for > roads that have no actual road types, as proposed/planned. > > Tony Montana: Me, I want what's coming to me. > Manny Ribera: Oh, well what's coming to you? > Tony Montana: The world, chico, and everything in it. > ----- > http://ianlopez1115.wordpress.com/ > > > --- On Fri, 1/22/10, maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [talk-ph] changes of raod types > To: "osm-ph" <talk-ph@openstreetmap.org> > Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 7:49 PM > > Hi, > > With the advent of more sat images outside Metro Manila I would like > to re-visit this discussion regarding road classes in rural areas. > As Eugene discussed below, rural roads are different. I think we > should use the track and tracktype tags for most rural roads. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrack > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tracktype > > As for highway=unclassified, I don't see this of much use in the > Philippines. Unclassified is a legal UK road type and not some road > we don't know the proper class. > > Unclassified > "No administrative classification. Unclassified roads typically form > the lowest form of the interconnecting grid network. > Note: This is not a marker for roads where we still need to choose a > highway tag (see highway=road for roads that require classification). > " > > For people tracing from sat images but are unsure of the actual road > type please use highway=road > > For comments. > > cheers, > maning > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I suggest that the tags for > > highway=trunk,primary,secondary,tertiary,unclassified be considered as a > > function of traffic patterns and not of DOTC designation nor physical > > appearance or condition. > > > > These values should also be considered relative to local traffic patterns. > > This means that levels will be different in an urban and rural setting: a > > trunk in Metro Manila does not have to be equivalent in function to a trunk > > in Nueva Vizcaya. > > > > Here are some descriptive interpretations I might suggest (subject to > > discussion): > > > > trunk (rural) : long-distance route to traverse across provinces > > primary (rural) : mid-distance route to travel between towns in a province > > secondary (rural) : major streets within rural towns > > tertiary (rural) : major streets within areas of rural towns > > unclassified,residential (rural) : other roads in rural towns > > > > trunk (urban) : long-distance route across the metropolis > > primary (urban) : major road within a metropolitan city > > secondary (urban) : mid-level road within a metropolitan city > > tertiary (urban) : minor road in a metropolitan city > > unclassified,residential (urban) : other roads in metropolitan cities > > > > > > I'll admit that I have no fixed idea as to how to tag roads such that > > relative functional importance within Metro Manila (Cebu, Davao) is > > consistent when you get outside Metro Manila (Cebu, Davao). > > > > The problem is that in urban areas, the road density is so high such that > > we need to differentiate the roads a lot, whereas in rural areas, the > > density is low. > > > > For Metro Manila, EDSA and *parts* of C-5 are definitely trunk. > > Commonwealth, Quirino (QC) and McArthur Highway are arguably trunk. Quezon > > Avenue-Espana, Aurora-Marcos Highway, Ortigas-Ortigas Ext., Quirino > > (Manila), and Roxas Blvd are not so clear. > > > > What do you guys think? > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 10:22 AM, <anthony.bal...@neraphil.com.ph> wrote: > >> > >> Pardon my ignorance, but how do you classify road types? > >> > >> In the case of Mindanao Ave compared to Quirino Highway, apparently the > >> former is a wider road so i reclassified the. > >> > >> > >> Anthony > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> From: maning sambale <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> > >> To: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > >> Date: 08/03/2009 10:06 AM > >> Subject: [talk-ph] changes of raod types > >> ________________________________ > >> > >> > >> I'm not objecting but I'm somehow curious about recent > >> reclassifications of several major roads lately: > >> > >> 1. Portions of Commonwealth from trunk to primary: > >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=14.66209&lon=121.06976&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF > >> > >> 2. Mindanao Ave from primary to trunk: > >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=14.67085&lon=121.03234&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF > >> > >> 3. Some parts of Quirino are either primary or trunk: > >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=14.69974&lon=121.03273&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF > >> > >> 4. MacArthur Hiway from primary to trunk: > >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=14.6755&lon=120.982&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF > >> > >> If we follow this trend, then I think Roxas Blvd should also be trunk as > >> well: > >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=14.53551&lon=121.00028&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF > >> > >> Which means Metro Manila roads will be a whole lot greener (in the map > >> at least). > >> > >> PS. Apologies for non-manila members > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> cheers, > >> maning > >> ------------------------------------------------------ > >> "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > >> wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > >> blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > >> ------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> talk-ph mailing list > >> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> talk-ph mailing list > >> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com > > > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
