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<div>Note: this seems repeat of<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2021-September/027754.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2021-September/027754.html</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/110881337">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/110881337</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have no UK experience but some things that I spotted:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"Primary routes aren't the most important roads (as defined by government)"<br></div><div dir="auto">"Stays consistent with UK OS maps."<br></div><div dir="auto">"No central authority for routes. Data not publicly available."</div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">Note that OSM is not obligated, required or needed to follow official classification.<br></div><div dir="auto">Even in country where tag names may match official classification,<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Especially "OSM classification differs from government classification"<br></div><div dir="auto">is not a problem by itself.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">> In the UK with standard of the core road infrastructure, it seems
<br></div><div dir="auto">> unnecessary to have 30mph one lane single carriageways designated as
'trunk'.<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">Why it would be wrong?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">> Small 30mph roads do not seem fitting of the criteria of "high
performance <br></div><div dir="auto">> or high importance roads that don't meet the requirement for
motorway".<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">Are you sure that this roads are not forming core network?<br></div><div dir="auto">(in some places of world even unpaved muddy roads may qualify as<br></div><div dir="auto">highway=trunk)<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">> both have similar physical features and carry similar levels of traffic<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That does not automatically mean that the functional role in road network<br></div><div dir="auto">is the same.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sep 16, 2021, 19:40 by <a href="mailto:barry86m@gmail.com">barry86m@gmail.com</a>:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div dir="ltr"><div>Proposal a change to the UK OSM guidance for trunk and primary highway tags. This will allow for easier future maintainability by aligning the definitions with publicly available datasets, more closely align with global OSM terminology and also align with common UK terminology.<br></div><div><br></div><div>The exact proposal will depend on community discussion and feedback.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Change_the_meaning_of_the_UK_highway_trunk_and_primary_tags" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Change_the_meaning_of_the_UK_highway_trunk_and_primary_tags</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please discuss this proposal on its Wiki Talk page.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Barry<br></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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