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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/4/24 03:40, Mateusz Konieczny via
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<div dir="auto">Apr 25, 2024, 16:16 by <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fernando.trebien@gmail.com">fernando.trebien@gmail.com</a>:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I also think that such changes also imply
corrections to the following<br>
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assessed by mappers:<br>
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<div dir="auto"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway#Assumptions">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway#Assumptions</a><br>
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<div dir="auto">Particularly this sentence:<br>
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<div dir="auto">"In a region with poor infrastructure, a road of
highest importance,<br>
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<div dir="auto">forming the main road network there, should be
highway=trunk,<br>
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<div dir="auto">regardless of being a high-quality wide asphalt
road or a low-quality<br>
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<div dir="auto">narrow track worse than highway=service in other
regions."<br>
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<div dir="auto">The consensus here seems not aligned with this.
This section also<br>
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<div dir="auto">references the following proposal:<br>
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<div dir="auto"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Highway_key_voting_importance">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposal:Highway_key_voting_importance</a><br>
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<div dir="auto">Whose summary says:<br>
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<div dir="auto">"the general definition of highway=* should be
changed to importance<br>
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<div dir="auto">for the road grid (hierarchical position in the
interconnecting<br>
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<div dir="auto">network) instead of physical attributes"<br>
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<div dir="auto">What is missing is a statement about whether one
starts judging such<br>
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<div dir="auto">networks by importance from the top (trunk
downwards) or from the<br>
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<div dir="auto">Antarctica has no real road network so missing top
levels of road classes<br>
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<div dir="auto">It is also missing roads between major large
cities because it has no<br>
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<div dir="auto">If very big island has no roads at all except
single small road between <br>
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<div dir="auto">two houses it does not mean it is highway=trunk
road.<br>
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<p>A can of worms... <br>
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<p>Many of the hiking routes I have looked at use beach sections
over sand. There is no visible 'path' yet the 'path' exists, not
always in the same place people tend to take whatever route they
like - away from the water or getting their toes wet. I have
tagged these sections as not visible and made them as straight as
possible to imply that it is a 'route' rather than a formed track.
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<p>Towns and villages also have an 'importance' level too... a place
can be of more 'importance' that another place despite having the
same population. The importance could be gained by having better
medical facilities, better airport etc. <br>
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<p>These kind of discussions have been had in Australia and I would
think Africa, Russia ... <br>
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<p>Please consider your own experience with less dense areas before
condemning some flexibility in adapting things to suit other parts
of the world? <br>
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