2009/8/5 Richard Mann <richard.mann.westoxf...@googlemail.com>: > Motorway is mainly physical. The point is that it most definitely isn't > defined by importance.
well, in nearly all cases the motorways will be the most important roads. Of course there are also other characteristics and a highly important footway will never become in no country a motorway (without at least slight modifications ;-) ). > A motorway is the part of a trunk road that has > grade-separated junctions, and is on a new alignment, or does by some other > means keep slow traffic out of harm's way. Yes, I'd agree on grade-separated junctions and keeping slow traffic out, while I don't think that new alignment is necessary neither do I understand, what a trunk-road is (Wikipedia:en="A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road—usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports, etc.—which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic. " so I'd say: importance). Though these criteria apply to some other roads as well, at least in Germany and Italy, that are not motorways but considered a lower class. > My concern stands - beware putting a statement at the top of a wiki page > that is only partly true. that's IMHO why I started this discussion: it surely isn't just physical. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
