<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 5:37 PM Paul Johnson <<a href="mailto:baloo@ursamundi.org">baloo@ursamundi.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="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 4, 2021, 18:40 Evin Fairchild <<a href="mailto:evindfair@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">evindfair@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 dir="auto">No, we only care about physical characteristics when it comes to motorways. According to the wiki, *only* motorways are defined by physical characteristics; everything from trunk on down is defined by importance. </div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The wiki should be documenting how we map things, not prescribing how we map things.  If that's what the wiki says, it's wrong and neesa to be fixed.</div></div></blockquote><div>I'd say it's a bit of both. It documents consensus on how things are mapped so that when people disagree on tagging, you can refer to what the wiki says in order to settle the dispute. </div><div><br></div><div>The wiki page for the highway=* (<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway#Assumptions">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway#Assumptions</a>) is where it says that only motorways are defined by physical characteristics; I must note that this is a worldwide definition, not a US definition. It says "<span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif">Only </span><tt dir="ltr" class="gmail-mw-content-ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;direction:ltr;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6"><a class="gmail-mw-selflink gmail-selflink" style="text-decoration:inherit;color:inherit;background:none;font-weight:bold">highway</a>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway" title="Tag:highway=motorway" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);background:none">motorway</a></tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"> and </span><tt dir="ltr" class="gmail-mw-content-ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;direction:ltr;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6"><a class="gmail-mw-selflink gmail-selflink" style="text-decoration:inherit;color:inherit;background:none;font-weight:bold">highway</a>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_link" title="Tag:highway=motorway link" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);background:none">motorway_link</a></tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"> indicate quality. Other road types, from </span><tt dir="ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6">trunk</tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"> to </span><tt dir="ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6">tertiary</tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"> to </span><tt dir="ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6">residential</tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif">, </span><tt dir="ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6">service</tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif">, </span><tt dir="ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6">path</tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif">, </span><tt dir="ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6">footway</tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif">, </span><tt dir="ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6">cycleway</tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"> or </span><tt dir="ltr" style="font-family:monospace,monospace;color:rgb(32,33,34);background:rgb(238,238,255);line-height:1.6">track</tt><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif">, do not imply anything about road quality, only </span><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Highway_key_voting_importance" title="Proposed features/Highway key voting importance" style="background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);font-family:sans-serif">importance</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif"> and </span><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath" title="Tag:highway=path" style="background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(6,69,173);font-family:sans-serif">intended main use</a><span style="color:rgb(32,33,34);font-family:sans-serif">." </span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This was based upon a discussion that took place in 2009. <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Highway_key_voting_importance">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Highway_key_voting_importance</a> I'm not aware of anyone challenging this.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>