OK, 'residential' if it looks like 'subdivision', 'unclassified' otherwise (as long as it's drivable in, say, my daughter's car rather than my 4-wheeler). Got it.
I suspect that 'residential'/'unclassified' right now is almost a difference without a distinction. I suppose that 'residential' might be a weak indication to a router to avoid the route, but the consequences of getting it wrong don't appear to be terribly severe. Which is a relief. On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 6:56 PM, Richard Welty <rwe...@averillpark.net> wrote: > On 6/3/16 5:13 PM, Kevin Kenny wrote: >> Can someone review for me the 'rural residential' problem? > the short version is that we are supposed to use residential > in truly residential areas and unclassified for generic town > roads. in tiger, there is no distinction between the two and so > everything was imported as residential. > > i leave it residential in areas that have a subdivision vibe > going - multiple closely spaced houses or comparatively small > building lots, but change it to unclassified if it's just a bunch > of homes that have been built along old farm roads over the > years. the section of the road i live on is slightly borderline, > or would be if the lots were smaller, but most of them are 4 acres > or more. > > richard > > -- > rwe...@averillpark.net > Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting > OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux > Java - Web Applications - Search > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us