Ed Loach wrote: > Lester wrote: > >> This still does not 'answer the question'. >> Which selection should take priority - tag all roads of this >> type >> 'unclassified' or tag some bits 'unclassified' outside private >> property and >> some 'service' for those inside private property? >> I understand the definition of 'unclassified', and many of the >> 'residential' >> and 'service' roads currently tagged as such ARE >> 'unclassified'. I would >> expect both 'residential' and 'service' roads to have a default >> status of >> unclassified, otherwise they would be tagged 'primary' or >> 'secondary' since >> THAT takes priority over 'residential' and 'service'? >> It's a matter of creating some consistency in tagging. > > I think there will always be some judgment calls involved when it > comes to classifying roads which don't have signs indicating primary > or secondary. There are country lanes around here I tag as > unclassified as it seems to make sense, even though there may be one > or two residential properties along their length (often with large > drives and plenty of land). Switching from unclassified to > residential for the width of their gates (or property limits if I > can guess them) could make sense, I suppose. That is probably overkill. I think there probably needs to be a number of properties to switch to 'residential'
> In the case of industrial estates I tend to use unclassified if it > is a through route (or even tertiary if it is a major unclassified > through route) and service otherwise. That makes sense. I think all the one's I've had with a through route tend to be a 'B' road anyway. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/lsces/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk// Firebird - http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk