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    Hello everyone,<br>
    <br>
    The additional considerations seem well-thought-out to me.<br>
    <br>
    I've also went ahead and documented the designation values that were
    proposed by Seav back in 2018. Are there any opinions on this?<br>
    <br>
    There are a few more important points that have been raised or at
    least vaguely mentioned before but have never really been discussed.
    <br>
    ____<br>
    <br>
    How should we classify roads on smaller islands that do not have any
    single municipality or city that would meet the proposed population
    criteria for primary roads? Currently there does not seem to be a
    uniform approach. As specific examples we could look at the
    following islands:<br>
    Samal, population 105k, area 300 km2, currently secondary<br>
    Ticao, population 90k, area 330 km2, currently secondary<br>
    Burias, population 90k, area 420 km2, currently primary<br>
    Sibuyan, population 40k, area 450 km2, currently primary<br>
    Alabat, population 40k, area 200 km2, currently tertiary<br>
    <br>
    Should we just consider total island population? This would lead to
    upgrade to primary in Samal, upgrade on Alabat to secondary and
    downgrade to secondary on Burias and Sibuyan. Or should we not apply
    population criteria here considering that for example Sibuyan
    Circumferential road has a lenght of almost 100km? Personally I
    would tend to option 2 as a limitation to only
    secondary/tertiary/unclassified might be insufficient in
    distinguishing relative importance of individual roads on such large
    islands. <br>
    <br>
    Also, the main roads on three of these islands have been recently
    downgraded by apple data team. In two cases (Samal and Alabat) new
    classification does neither reflect old classification conventions
    nor the ongoing proposal. While downgrade in case of Ticao seems
    arbitrary given the almost identical population/area/road length as
    Burias. Would anyone support reaching out to ADT about this?<br>
    ____<br>
    <br>
    Another aspect of classifications that I think we should specify are
    roads under construction. Especially in cases of multi-year road
    opening projects where roads already serve as footway, cycleway,
    residential, unclassified or tertiary long before full connectivity
    is achieved. Maybe we could start building a consensus on this by
    analyzing specific situations:<br>
    <br>
    Example 1: Cauayan City Bypass Road
    (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/844417527">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/844417527</a>)<br>
    Whole length is accesible by foot and bike, except 3 interruptions
    by unfinished waterway crossings, one part of the alignment is an
    existing section of unclassified road. Should we tag all sections
    that are in partial use already with highway=primary with current
    access restrictions/surface/width and only leave the unpassable
    sections as highway=construction? Or should every section be tagged
    by it's current usage?<br>
    <br>
    Example 2: Northern Section of Mindoro Circumferential Road
    (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/776641003">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/776641003</a>)<br>
    Whole length is frequently traversed by cyclists and most likely
    also motorbikes. Same question, should everything be tagged as
    highway=primary with access restrictions/surface/width or should
    unfinished sections be changed to unclassified and path? What about
    the already finished sections in between Abra de Ilog Port and
    Puerto Galera? Should they be downgraded to tertiary until
    connectivity is achieved? <br>
    <br>
    I propose to use method 1 in case of major bypass roads in or near
    urban areas (example 1) given that these usually really are
    perceived as unfinished highways. On the other side I propose to use
    method 2 for construction projects in rural areas (example 2)
    considering that almost always these routes are replacing segments
    of pre-existing local roads or trails and the local perceptions is
    that there is no highway yet. <br>
    ____<br>
    <br>
    One last point regarding road naming, it would be good if we could
    agree on an uniform approach about whether we should use spaces
    before and after hyphens. This might seem like a trivial question,
    but I think the current situation is a bit chaotic, especially for
    long routes where variants might alternate multiple times along the
    course. Sometimes there's even a third variant with em dashes (—).<br>
    Example: Davao-Surigao Coastal Road vs. Davao - Surigao Coastal Road
    (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/894848575">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/894848575</a>)<br>
    I'd like to propose that we stick to regular hyphens without spaces
    to conform with the orthography in official records and documents. <br>
    ____<br>
    <br>
    Best regards,<br>
    Timmy_Tesseract<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/04/2021 03:19, Jherome Miguel
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:CAFQ7s77mwX1z9+5pOkiVJdpr0GDxShsDkb9Dfe3y8KNnsgm-xA@mail.gmail.com">
      
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        <div dir="auto">Sorry for the late reply (having being more busy
          mapping in Canada), but I have made several modifications to
          the latest version of the proposal on the wiki. Some of these
          are: </div>
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        </div>
        <div dir="auto">-  Additions of special considerations depending
          on place type (use primary for highways to other
          municipalities <i>that</i> are provincial capitals, prefer
          using trunk on roads to large cities that are designated
          regional centers or provincial capitals).</div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div dir="auto">- Changes in <i>additional</i> definition of
          trunk (use it for proposed regional high-standard highways
          instead of any long expressway-like arterials like
          Commonwealth or Quezon Ave, unless they're a bypass or
          continuation of an existing trunk to connect to another). The
          existing definition of highway between large cities or
          metropolitan areas remains BTH.</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
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        <div dir="auto">For the gap on Route 1 in Metro Manila, I think
          we can better leave the gap as it is instead.</div>
        <div dir="auto"><br>
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        <div dir="auto">
          <div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto">
            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at
              3:42 PM Jherome Miguel <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>>
              wrote:<br>
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                <div dir="auto">Hello again!
                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                  </div>
                  <div dir="auto">On the original proposal in the wiki (
                    <div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions/Roads/Classification" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions/Roads/Classification</a>),
                      I've proposed trunk will also be applied to any
                      road resembling an expressway, but I’ve changed
                      this to refer to expressway-standard roads (design
                      and access restrictions the same as expressway,
                      but may have intersections) that are not part of
                      the main expressway network and reserved the tag
                      for future adoption, in combination with
                      motorroad=yes.</div>
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                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                  </div>
                  <div dir="auto">Looking back at discussions at the
                    wiki from 2007, I’ve been seeing what was the real
                    problem with the existing tagging scheme, that it
                    was based on the situation in Manila and large
                    cities (and surroundings). Our first classification
                    scheme was:</div>
                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                  </div>
                  <div dir="auto">- Motorway - Expressways</div>
                  <div dir="auto">- Trunk - Major highways between major
                    cities</div>
                  <div dir="auto">- Primary - Other major roads linking
                    all other cities and towns</div>
                  <div dir="auto">- Secondary - Roads from the city or
                    town proper to other barangays</div>
                  <div dir="auto">- Tertiary: Main road within a
                    barangay</div>
                  <div dir="auto">- Unclassified: All others</div>
                  <div dir="auto">- Residential: Residential streets</div>
                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                  </div>
                  <div dir="auto">The 2015 scheme is not really a
                    version 2 as I first thought but involved
                    clarifications added since route numbering is
                    introduced 2014, plus the introduction of
                    living_street for very narrow but passable streets
                    as well as some streets full of vendors before the
                    2019 nationwide road clearings but are passable.
                    Continuing from above, there wasn’t any major
                    improvement; the definition of tertiary has been
                    clarified to be all other roads to barangays, but we
                    still kept the definition of secondary that limited
                    its primary use to urban contexts. In general, we
                    haven’t considered the situation in the countryside
                    in creating our road classification schemes.</div>
                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                  </div>
                  <div dir="auto">
                    <div dir="auto" style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">-
                      Motorway - Expressways</div>
                    <div dir="auto" style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">-
                      Trunk - Major highways between major cities</div>
                    <div dir="auto" style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">-
                      Primary - Other major roads linking all other
                      cities and towns, and main access to City or gown
                      Center from trunk</div>
                    <div dir="auto" style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">-
                      Secondary - Minor arteries, connecting city or
                      town proper and >=3 barangays.</div>
                    <div dir="auto" style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">-
                      Tertiary: Collectors roads, and other roads
                      between barangays</div>
                    <div dir="auto" style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">-
                      Unclassified: All others</div>
                    <div dir="auto" style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">-
                      Residential: Residential streets</div>
                    <div dir="auto" style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">-
                      Living_street: Narrow but passable streets,
                      including those narrowed by obstructions.
                      Pedestrian priority <i>de facto</i>.</div>
                  </div>
                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                  </div>
                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                    <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">--TagaSanPedroAko</div>
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              <div><br>
                <div class="gmail_quote">
                  <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 12,
                    2021, 5:05 AM Jherome Miguel, <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>>
                    wrote:<br>
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                    <div dir="auto">It’s just a week since I have the
                      link to the incomplete</div>
                    <div dir="auto">map of proposed classifications, and
                      I and DP24 has been moving trunk routes away from
                      poblacion areas to bypasses where present as
                      appropriate (and considering this as well for
                      primaries). Anyone OK with this move? Some of the
                      reclassifications are also in the proposal map.</div>
                    <div><br>
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                        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 5,
                          2021 at 12:12 AM Jherome Miguel <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>>
                          wrote:<br>
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                              <div dir="auto">Here is the map for the
                                proposed reclassifications: <a href="https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/philippines-proposed-road-classifications_570794" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/philippines-proposed-road-classifications_570794</a>
                                . Map is still being worked on; I have
                                completed mapping the rationalized trunk
                                road network for North Luzon, including
                                some ongoing bypass road projects and
                                some primary and secondary roads. All
                                cities and large municipalities (with
                                populations of 100,000+) have been
                                pinpointed for the purpose of
                                determining the best classification.</div>
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                            <div>
                              <div dir="auto"><br>
                              </div>
                              <div dir="auto">On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at
                                8:50 PM Jherome Miguel <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>>
                                wrote:</div>
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                                      <div dir="auto">I see your
                                        argument, considering the
                                        expressways are a separate
                                        network from national roads,
                                        nevertheless we should better
                                        rationalize the trunk road
                                        network in Cavite.</div>
                                      <div dir="auto"><br>
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                                      <div dir="auto">So, continuing on,
                                        we still have the gap on Route 1
                                        gap through Metro Manila. Route
                                        1 abruptly ends at EDSA-Roxas
                                        Boulevard and begins again at
                                        Alabang, and it remains to be
                                        seen how will DPWH bridge it.
                                        What would you suggest to
                                        upgrade to trunk? </div>
                                      <div dir="auto"><br>
                                      </div>
                                      <div dir="auto">- Option 1:
                                        (continuing from Roxas
                                        Boulevard) MIA Road (Route 194,
                                        Seaside Drive-Quirino Ave),
                                        Quirino and Diego Cera avenues
                                        (Route 62), and Alabang-Zapote
                                        Road (Route 411, Zapote-Alabang)</div>
                                      <div dir="auto">- Option 2:
                                        (continuing from toll-free
                                        Osmeña Highway) East and West
                                        Service Roads</div>
                                      <div dir="auto">- Option 3:
                                        (continuing from Roxas
                                        Boulevard) MIA Road (Route 194,
                                        Seaside Drive-Ninoy Aquino),
                                        Ninoy Aquino Avenue (Route 195),
                                        Dr. A. Santos Avenue/Sucat Road
                                        (Route 63), East Service Road</div>
                                      <div dir="auto"><br>
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                                      <div dir="auto">If we’re to go
                                        with bridging the Route 1 gap, I
                                        would think it’s Option 1,
                                        considering that’s the
                                        historical route out of Manila
                                        before the expressways opened,
                                        though the roads are somewhat
                                        narrow and are mostly local
                                        streets.</div>
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                                    <div dir="auto"><br>
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                                    <div dir="auto">I’m currently
                                      creating a web map of the proposed
                                      classification using UMap, though
                                      I’m still in the process of
                                      pinpointing the cities and
                                      municipalities.</div>
                                    <div>
                                      <div><br>
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                                          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed,
                                            Mar 3, 2021 at 4:21 PM
                                            Eugene Alvin Villar <<a href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">seav80@gmail.com</a>>
                                            wrote:<br>
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                                              <div>I don't see the logic
                                                of downgrading trunk
                                                roads merely because
                                                there is a parallel
                                                expressway. Our
                                                expressways are toll=yes
                                                roads and if these
                                                expressways did not
                                                exist, then these trunk
                                                roads would correctly be
                                                tagged as highway=trunk.
                                                I think that we
                                                disregard the existence
                                                of highway=motorway
                                                roads for the purposes
                                                of classifying the rest
                                                of the road network.
                                                Many people for various
                                                reasons want to avoid
                                                going through toll roads
                                                and having highway=trunk
                                                roads as an indicator of
                                                suitable alternate
                                                routes is important.<br>
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                                            <div dir="ltr"><br>
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                                                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On
                                                  Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at
                                                  4:51 AM Jherome Miguel
                                                  <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>>
                                                  wrote:<br>
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                                                  <div dir="auto">Continuing
                                                    on, I raised this
                                                    unanswered question
                                                    about downgrading
                                                    trunks where
                                                    significantly
                                                    bypassed by a
                                                    parallel expressway
                                                    (unless it has a
                                                    significant section
                                                    resembling an
                                                    expressway as in
                                                    proposal). I
                                                    thinking of doing
                                                    that for these road
                                                    segments currently
                                                    tagged trunk.</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">-
                                                    National
                                                    Highway/Maharlika
                                                    Highway/<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Manila+South+Road+(Route+1,+Muntinlupa?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Manila
                                                      South Road (Route
                                                      1, Muntinlupa</a>-Calamba-STAR
                                                    Santo Tomas exit) —
                                                    bypassed by SLEX</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">- JP
                                                    Laurel
                                                    Highway/Manila-Batangas
                                                    Road (Route 4, Santo
                                                    Tomas-Batangas City)
                                                    — bypassed by STAR
                                                    Tollway</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">-
                                                    MacArthur Highway
                                                    (Route 1,
                                                    Caloocan-Tabang,
                                                    Guiguinto) —
                                                    bypassed by NLEX</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">- <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Osme%C3%B1a+Highway+(Route+145?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Osmeña
                                                      Highway (Route 145</a>)
                                                    and <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Quirino+Avenue+(Route+140,+Roxas+Boulevard?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Quirino
                                                      Avenue (Route 140,
                                                      Roxas Boulevard</a>-Osmeña
                                                    Highway) — bypassed
                                                    by Skyway</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">—
                                                    Olongapo-San
                                                    Fernando-Gapan Road/<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Jose+Abad+Santos+Avenue+(Route+3,+Dinalupihan?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Jose
                                                      Abad Santos Avenue
                                                      (Route 3,
                                                      Dinalupihan</a>
                                                    Junction-Olongapo) —
                                                    bypassed by SCTEX</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">— <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Manila+North+Road+(Route+2?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Manila
                                                      North Road (Route
                                                      2</a>, TPLEX
                                                    Urdaneta exit-Kennon
                                                    Road)</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">(for
                                                    future downgrades,
                                                    once new parallel
                                                    expressway under
                                                    construction opens.
                                                    Might need some
                                                    discussion)</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">— <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Aguinaldo+Highway+(Route+62%2F419,+Bacoor?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Aguinaldo
                                                      Highway (Route
                                                      62/419, Bacoor</a>-Dasma-Tagaytay)
                                                    — to be bypassed by
                                                    CALAX. Will also
                                                    downgrade all the
                                                    remaining trunks in
                                                    Cavite.</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">—
                                                    Antero Soriano
                                                    Highway/Centennial
                                                    Road/<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Tanza-Trece+Martires+Road+(Route+64?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Tanza-Trece
                                                      Martires Road
                                                      (Route 64</a>,
                                                    Kawit-Tanza-Trece
                                                    Martires) — <span>to
                                                      be bypassed by
                                                      CALAX. Will also
                                                      downgrade all the
                                                      remaining trunks
                                                      in <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Cavite.+%E2%80%94+Governor%E2%80%99s+Drive+(Route+65,+Dasma?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Cavite.</a></span></div>
                                                  <div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Cavite.+%E2%80%94+Governor%E2%80%99s+Drive+(Route+65,+Dasma?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">—
                                                      Governor’s Drive
                                                      (Route 65, Dasma</a>-Biñan)
                                                    — <span>to be
                                                      bypassed by CALAX.
                                                      Will also
                                                      downgrade all the
                                                      remaining trunks
                                                      in Cavite.</span></div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">— <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Tarlac-Santa+Rosa+Road+(Route+58?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Tarlac-Santa
                                                      Rosa Road (Route
                                                      58</a>) — to be
                                                    bypassed by CLLEX
                                                    (downgrade to be
                                                    done once whole
                                                    Tarlac
                                                    City-Cabanatuan
                                                    route is opened)</div>
                                                  <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div dir="auto">Beside
                                                    that, I’ll prepare
                                                    maps (for Luzon,
                                                    Metro Manila, Panay,
                                                    Negros, Cebu, Samar
                                                    and Leyte, and
                                                    Mindanao)<span> of
                                                      routes to be
                                                      classified trunk
                                                      using the proposed
                                                      criteria. There is
                                                      a significant need
                                                      to rationalize the
                                                      trunk networks,
                                                      especially in the
                                                      less populated
                                                      islands or
                                                      regions. </span></div>
                                                  <div dir="auto"><span style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0)">From there, we go on to determine the
                                                      primaries and so
                                                      on. I’ll also post
                                                      a</span> list of
                                                    major roads and
                                                    their proposed
                                                    future
                                                    classifications (to
                                                    be divided by region
                                                    and province) on the
                                                    wiki. Any further
                                                    comment or feedback
                                                    is welcome here or
                                                    on the wiki.<br>
                                                  </div>
                                                  <div><br>
                                                    <div class="gmail_quote">
                                                      <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On
                                                        Tue, Mar 2, 2021
                                                        at 11:54 AM
                                                        Jherome Miguel
                                                        <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>>
                                                        wrote:<br>
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                                                        <div dir="auto">For
                                                          names, I agree
                                                          there is a
                                                          problem.
                                                          Posted road
                                                          name can be
                                                          inconsistent
                                                          across
                                                          different
                                                          jurisdictions
                                                          or even within
                                                          the same
                                                          jurisdiction.
                                                          That’s the
                                                          reason we need
                                                          to review how
                                                          we map street
                                                          names (we rely
                                                          too much on
                                                          road signs).
                                                          There’s a lot
                                                          of instances
                                                          the road signs
                                                          omit suffixes
                                                          (especially
                                                          “Street/St”)
                                                          while the
                                                          addresses use
                                                          the full name.
                                                          We seem to
                                                          forget a
                                                          road’s name=
                                                          is also used
                                                          for
                                                          addr:street=.</div>
                                                        <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                        </div>
                                                        <div dir="auto">The
                                                          main point
                                                          behind the
                                                          proposed
                                                          guidelines is
                                                          to better
                                                          align PH
                                                          practice with
                                                          global tagging
                                                          practices. We
                                                          have a road
                                                          classification
                                                          system that
                                                           is too
                                                          watered down
                                                          and is
                                                          somewhat only
                                                          appropriate to
                                                          urban areas.
                                                          Our practice
                                                          on naming
                                                          roads had
                                                          rather
                                                          preferred
                                                          short names to
                                                          reduce clutter
                                                          and deter
                                                          mappers who
                                                          abbreviate
                                                          them, but that
                                                          somewhat
                                                          raises issues
                                                          about mapping
                                                          for the
                                                          renderer
                                                          (whether to
                                                          keep,
                                                          abbreviate or
                                                          remove street
                                                          name affixes
                                                          is up to
                                                          them), plus,
                                                          we’ve got into
                                                          the problem of
                                                          relying too
                                                          much on street
                                                          signs,
                                                          forgetting
                                                          some roads
                                                          have no names
                                                          posted on any
                                                          official road
                                                          sign and the
                                                          name
                                                          verifiable
                                                          from asking
                                                          locals or
                                                          finding posted
                                                          addresses, and
                                                          addresses
                                                          posted on
                                                          business signs
                                                          (or even their
                                                          ads, business
                                                          cards and
                                                          things) should
                                                          be used as
                                                          sources as
                                                          well.</div>
                                                        <div><br>
                                                          <div class="gmail_quote">
                                                          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 4:09 AM Michael Cole <<a href="mailto:colemichae@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">colemichae@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:<br>
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                                                          <div dir="auto">We
                                                          have a problem
                                                          with names
                                                          even 1 way
                                                          streets, real
                                                          law vs
                                                          locality. And
                                                          i live in
                                                          poblacion mkt,
                                                          mmda break the
                                                          actual law,
                                                          who is
                                                          correct? Do we
                                                          take the word
                                                          of corodiles
                                                          over the
                                                          country
                                                          or.enforce the
                                                          law and get
                                                          people.arrested
                                                          fined
                                                          illegally? 
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto">My
                                                          2 cents .. </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <div class="gmail_quote">
                                                          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 2, 2021, 1:23 PM Jherome Miguel, <<a href="mailto:jheromemiguel@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jheromemiguel@gmail.com</a>>
                                                          wrote:<br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div class="gmail_quote">
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <div>Hi all,
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto">After
                                                          somewhat slow
                                                          progress to
                                                          gather ideas
                                                          and feedback
                                                          for a new road
                                                          classification
                                                          scheme, I
                                                          finally
                                                          decided to
                                                          write the
                                                          final version
                                                          of the new
                                                          tagging scheme
                                                          at: <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions/Roads" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions/Roads</a>
                                                          (see
                                                          “Classification”
                                                          section)</div>
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto">The
                                                          proposal is
                                                          planned to
                                                          replace those
                                                          at 
                                                          <div dir="auto"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions</a> (sections,
                                                          “Roads”,
                                                          “Names”)</div>
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto"><b>Why? </b>The
                                                          existing road
                                                          classification
                                                          scheme since
                                                          2015 needs a
                                                          major rewrite
                                                          since I’m
                                                          seeing major
                                                          problems with
                                                          the tree
                                                          analogy used
                                                          to justify the
                                                          existing
                                                          scheme. Why
                                                          use primary
                                                          for every road
                                                          to each
                                                          municipality
                                                          regardless of
                                                          its population
                                                          size (just
                                                          because
                                                          they’re a
                                                          branch or an
                                                          alternate to a
                                                          trunk)?
                                                          Shouldn’t we
                                                          use trunks
                                                          only on the
                                                          most important
                                                          highway links
                                                          between the
                                                          largest cities
                                                          beside the
                                                          expressways?
                                                          Many of our
                                                          provinces lack
                                                          secondaries in
                                                          the rural area
                                                          but do have
                                                          lots of
                                                          tertiaries
                                                          surrounded by
                                                          trunk and
                                                          primary roads
                                                          (and a total
                                                          lack of
                                                          secondary
                                                          roads). Lots
                                                          of Philippines
                                                          mappers
                                                          (including me)
                                                          ignore that
                                                          bad scheme,
                                                          which just
                                                          came to effect
                                                          without
                                                          discussion or
                                                          consultation.
                                                          It’s also time
                                                          for us to take
                                                          community
                                                          population
                                                          sizes as well
                                                          as
                                                          designations
                                                          in account
                                                          when
                                                          classifying
                                                          roads.</div>
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto">Also,
                                                          guidelines
                                                          about road
                                                          names are to
                                                          be affected as
                                                          well
                                                          (following
                                                          latest
                                                          discussion).
                                                          This includes
                                                          changes in the
                                                          existing
                                                          guideline to
                                                          prefer full
                                                          names as used
                                                          in addresses
                                                          (since names
                                                          posted in
                                                          street signs
                                                          can be
                                                          inconsistent).
                                                          One open
                                                          question is on
                                                          how to name
                                                          many of the
                                                          major rural
                                                          roads without
                                                          posted names
                                                          (national
                                                          roads aside,
                                                          whose names,
                                                          unless the
                                                          locally
                                                          verifiable
                                                          posted name is
                                                          different, can
                                                          be found from
                                                          the DPWH road
                                                          database)
                                                          until their
                                                          actual names
                                                          are verified.
                                                          For me, it’s
                                                          in the form
                                                          “<most
                                                          important
                                                          community>-<less
                                                          important
                                                          community>
                                                          Road”, though
                                                          I also
                                                          experimented
                                                          with adding
                                                          noname=yes
                                                          instead of
                                                          adding
                                                          placeholder
                                                          names using
                                                          the format
                                                          mentioned
                                                          above.</div>
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto">Any
comments/suggestion/feedback on this are welcome here or on the
                                                          article’s talk
                                                          page.</div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto">Thanks,</div>
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
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                                                          <div dir="auto"><br>
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