<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">We may be fine adopting this new scheme. So far, the last revision to the classification scheme is in 2015, but there hasn't been any discussion in the mailing list, and this could be the only major revision that has been discussed since we wrote the guidelines back in ~2007. </span><br></div><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">--TagaSanPedroAko</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 1:45 PM Jherome Miguel <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="auto">In addition, just to repeat and back up my contentions about the present definition of primary under the present guidelines, I won't think something called a "Camino real" (some kind of obsolete term for a main street of a city or town) be tagged a primary at most cases.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Getting back, about the present definition of trunk, I agree with the existing definition of "National transportation backbones" (except for some additions to accommodate major roads resembling expressways), but I don't agree with the "tree chop" method as suggested by Rally to to determine trunk routes in OSM. I agree trunk roads are non-expressway highways that connect large cities (with populations of 100,000+) and of national strategic importance, but I don't think frequent closures and the presence of equally important alternate routes make them fail trunk classification. Most of what the national government has been designating as "national primary roads" (with 1 or 2-digit route numbers) fit that criteria, but not those within densely populated areas (e.g. Metro Manila and environs, Metro Cebu).</div></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 8:29 PM Nick Brown <<a href="mailto:nick.brown@hotosm.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">nick.brown@hotosm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Jherome,<div>Seems reasonable to me. Your support documenting the results of the conversation will be very helpful and valuable to us as we'll be working with thousands of mappers this year and need quality guidance on things like this.</div><div><br></div><div>I've looped in Feye, HOT Ph's Technical & GIS Specialist, to continue the discussion and give her thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Nick</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 8:31 AM Jherome Miguel <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">Moving on, I am also considering special exceptions for roads in small islands or island provinces (e.g. Marinduque, Romblon, Catanduanes, Siquijor) where the networks may have nothing else higher than secondary as many roads there connects municipalities with a population usually below 100,000 (whole area, not just the town proper), which does not fit the criteria for primary. I'm also considering writing guides for road classifications in each province or region (with specifics whenever possible) to supplement the general guidelines.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Returning back to the proposal, I think we must narrow down the definition of primary from "roads providing access to all town centers" to "roads connecting small cities (population <100,000) and large municipalities (population >=100,000)" as the former is too broad. The international OSM definition of a highway=primary is a "road that connects large towns", and under our present definition of primary, we got short sections of a local street connecting the highway with the "poblacion", downtown, or city/town proper (or bypassed and downgraded alignments of older national highways) and rural highways linking small municipalities arbitrarily tagged as such even where they can be classified lower based on the road network topology and other possible criteria (official classification, purpose, physical characteristics, traffic usage). </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For secondary, it's an improvement to provide a second definition for those in rural areas, as this would be the better fit for many of the rural roads linking a small town and is presently tagged as primary. In many countries, the OSM secondary classification usually goes to the roads/highways between small towns, and our present guidelines only specify it on roads in urban areas (though in practice, there are already some rural roads tagged as secondary, especially those mapped as part of HOT mapping projects using the guidelines designed for African countries). </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 7:55 PM Nick Brown <<a href="mailto:nick.brown@hotosm.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">nick.brown@hotosm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">This makes complete sense to me. As it is a highway tag, I just think it's definition should be clarified and codified in the wiki, especially as you're bringing up the discussion on road classifications. Erwin defined it for me as "
<span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px">travel route between dwellings, remote settlements, or water sources, and for livestock movement. May be the primary access route for isolated settlements. Not necessarily paved. Connection way by foot within an urban area. Possibly not passable for regular vehicles with 4 wheels. This is often incorrectly tagged as highway=track.</span>"<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Nick</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 12:48 PM Jherome Miguel <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">I usually use the path tag on informal pedestrian tracks across vacant land (in rural areas) and narrow unnamed alleyways ("eskinita") around crowded residential areas (in urban areas).</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 8:33 PM Nick Brown <<a href="mailto:nick.brown@hotosm.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">nick.brown@hotosm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for continuing this discussion!<div><br></div><div>May I also ask that highway=path be included in the discussion? I note that it's not currently mentioned in the Philippines Wiki but I see it being used regularly by mappers, possibly because of some mappers being more familiar with <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa</a> than our local conventions.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Nick</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 19, 2020 at 4:43 AM Jherome Miguel <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">It has been 2-3 months since we shared ideas and opinions on a refined and revised road classification scheme, but discussions have stalled.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">So far, my proposal has been like this (for a detailed proposal, see <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions/Roads" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions/Roads</a>):<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Motorway - controlled-access expressway. Access via ramps only, and no entry for pedestrians, bicycles, motorcycles with engine displacement below 400cc, tricycles, and animal-drawn vehicles.</div><div dir="auto">-Trunk - highway between major cities (with population 100,000+), and forming the national road transportation backbone; expressways that do not have control of access; major roads resembling expressways (with ramps, U-turns replacing left turns across median, and flyovers/overpasses/underpasses at high-traffic intersections) but with intersections and property accesses. </div><div dir="auto">-Primary - (rural) highway between small cities and large town centers; (urban) major thoroughfares, usually avenues or boulevards</div><div dir="auto">-Secondary - (rural) roads between small town centers; (urban) minor arteries, usually one connecting 3+ barangays or city districts </div><div dir="auto">-Tertiary - (rural) roads between barangays (urban), collector roads, usually one within a barangay or city district.</div><div dir="auto">-Unclassified - (rural) other smaller local roads, usually one connecting house clusters, or sitios/puroks; (urban) non-residential local streets</div><div dir="auto">-Residential - Residential streets, regardless of width</div><div dir="auto">-Service - property access roads, alleys, drive-thrus, driveways</div><div dir="auto">-Track - farm tracks, roads only passable to 4x4/4WD vehicles, golf course roads used only by golf carts.</div><div dir="auto">-Pedestrian - streets closed to motor vehicles, or pedestrian squares </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Have been mapping in Canada for 2 years and finding the road classification scheme there better and ideal (with a good distinction between urban and rural roads), I am considering using them as a base for a new road classification scheme for the Philippines, but with some modifications.</span><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">I previously considered retaining the living_street classification as there is some consensus to keep it for any street with width below 3 m or passage hindered by obstructions. However, since the successful roadside clearing operations in 2019 have changed the situation on the ground, there is no legally defined concept that equals to "living street" in the Philippine traffic code (RA 4136) or accompanying laws, and objections have been raised on the incorrect use of the tag to mark very narrow streets in developing countries aside from the Philippines, I strongly agree dropping it completely at all.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">There has been no consensus on handling highway bypasses or diversion roads, so the classification should be based on their overall usage or characteristics. My thoughts is to move the higher classification to the bypass or diversion if most through traffic take that when traveling through around the city or town proper (downtown or "poblacion" area), otherwise, tag both routes with the same classification and tag the implicit default speeds for routing engines to use.</font></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">--TagaSanPedroAko</div></div></div><div>--TagaSanPedroAko</div></div></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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