<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92633">Hi Emmor<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92634"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92635" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92636">While
I coordinated the Mali OSM Response in 2013, I did create the original
version of the highway tagging for Mali to take account of the
importance of the roads and tell contributors from northern countries to
not classify looking at the condition of the road.</div><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92637" clear="none"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92638">Later, contributors discussed about Africa in general and proposed to rename the wiki page as <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92639">Africa Highway Tagging Guide</a> to represent all of Africa. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92640"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92641" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92642">Villages
and towns are of various sizes. To decide what is a residential or a
tertiary road, is not always easy. We need to decide which road should
be reclassified to tertiary to establish a hierarchy that make sense.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92643" clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92644"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92645" clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92865"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92868">At the beginning of the wiki page, I did add a note asking contributors to come on this list and discuss changes. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92809"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92807">Sorry but I am a volunteer and I could not pay the flight to be part of the discussions at the SOTM Africa. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92806"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92810">I invite you and the others to give us more details on the discussions and the modifications you made to the wiki page.</div><br> regard</div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92515"><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92864"> <br><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92863" face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Pierre </font><br></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92549"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92579" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92578"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, linéale; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92577"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92576"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92582" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Vao Matua <vaomatua@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> john whelan <jwhelan0112@gmail.com> <br><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92861"><span style="font-weight: bold;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92860">Cc :</span></b> "hot@openstreetmap.org" <hot@openstreetmap.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> vendredi 28 juillet 2017 23h27<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92581"><br><div id="yiv9664713832"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92585"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92584">I led the discussion at the Highway Tagging workshop on the last day of SOTM Africa.<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92586">There was quite a bit of discussion and agreement that the existing tagging can be frustrating, however, we did not generate any new proposals for additional tags.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92588">We did agree on some changes to the <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa">Africa Highway Tagging Guide</a> which has now been updated to reflect not only Functional Class but also Construction class and width.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92589">I am in the process of preparing a one page reference guide for use in carto-parties and mapathons and by new mappers.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92591">General changes or clarifications:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93000">A residential road serves people who live adjacent to it.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93001">An unclassified road connects settlements and collects traffic from residential roads, tracks, and paths</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92593">A track allows people to access agriculture areas, but not connect to a settlement</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93003">A path can function like an unclassified highway, but is restricted to foot traffic or 2 wheeled vehicles</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_92595">Highway = tertiary or secondary may be paved, but not by default.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93005"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93006">Let me know if you have questions or suggestions.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93007"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93008">Emmor</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93009">(Palolo)</div></div><div class="yiv9664713832gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93010"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv9664713832gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93011">On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 4:38 PM, john whelan <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jwhelan0112@gmail.com">jwhelan0112@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv9664713832gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93016"><div class="yiv9664713832yqt2928306341" id="yiv9664713832yqt82145"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93015"><div class="yiv9664713832gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93014">I seem to recall some one posting recently that following discussion at the SOTM Africa in Uganda 2017 some changes had been made to the wiki.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv9664713832gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501185691396_93018">Could some one highlight these. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thanks John<br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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