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<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">My name is Aleksandar Matejevic, I work for Microsoft OSM Editorial team. In order to make the best decision in classifying roads across Australia, I need some help.<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">In government data and on signposts you can find on mapillary and/or open street cam, you can track route numbers. I found out that routes mostly consist of:<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">M route – motorways<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">A route – trunks<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">B route – primary roads<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">C route - secondary roads <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">As long you map in non-urban area this is 99.99% true, but when you map into city area it starts to get confusing.
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">On this wiki page <u><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Australia" target="_blank" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/highways_in_australia"><span style="color:#6888C9">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highways_in_Australia</span></a></u>
there is no real explanation how to classify AUS roads in OSM <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">If you strictly follow this page: <u><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway" target="_blank" title="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/key:highway"><span style="color:#6888C9">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway</span></a></u>
than you should change road classification several times on the same route way. <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
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<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">Therefore I have a couple of questions:<br>
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1. Do you change the classification of highway on the motorway route into trunk through the city because it does not have a physical barrier in between (not restricted access) or do you keep it as motorway because of consistency?<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">2. If we were to change the road classification several times during one route way, should we ignore segments that are less than 3km (for example motorway going through minor city in which it has a quality of trunk)?
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">3. Can motorway have some traffic signals when passing through city?<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:8.25pt">4. How to classify State routes (for example in Melbourne)?<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Best regards, <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">
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<p>Aleksandar<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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