Apologies, I missed the link in the previous email:
[1] http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.50163 <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.50163&lon=-1.87931&zoom=17&layers=B00F TF> &lon=-1.87931&zoom=17&layers=B00FTF Cheers Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:talk- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Hill >Sent: 11 July 2008 2:57 PM >To: Richard Fairhurst >Cc: talk@openstreetmap.org >Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Misclassified roads > >On Thu, 10 Jul 2008, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > >> Er, I've driven past that one a handful of times (some friends used to >> live in Pontardawe) and if it's the road I'm thinking of - down >> towards the KFC - it _is_ unclassified. Well, either that or tertiary; > >It can't possibly be unclassified - an unclassified road is a single >carriage way, usually with no centre line. This road is a dual >carriageway with two lanes in each direction. I need to go and survey the >area to see if it has an A or B number - if it doesn't then it's a >tertiary, definately not an unclassified. (and given the size of >the road I would be *extremely* surprised if it didn't have an A B or C >number). > >> Why not just leave them alone until you have the time to properly >> survey them, rather than assuming you know better than the original >> mapper? > >Two reasons: >1. Informing people who are using the map that the classification is >unknown rather than giving them an almost certainly incorrect >classification is a Good Thing. >2. Making it more obvious that the road need surveying means that it can >be done systematically (possibly by more than just one person too). > > - Steve > xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.nexusuk.org/ > > Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence > > >_______________________________________________ >talk mailing list >talk@openstreetmap.org >http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.4.7/1545 - Release Date: 10/07/2008 >6:43 PM
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