<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Hart</b> <<a href="mailto:Robert.Hart@burohappold.com">Robert.Hart@burohappold.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

<br>As with most English words, usage is pretty broad, and both terms could<br>probably be applied to the majority of streets/roads.<br><br>To me though, a "street" implies a linear entity with buildings arranged

along it, normally houses, and normally on both sides. A "road" implies a linear entity that vehicles can pass along, normally including cars.</blockquote><div> OK, it's a more general word than I thought. Sorry, for the misunderstanding.

<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">As far as OSM tagging is concerned the only difference is that<br>highway=unclassified tends to become highway=residential for

<br>unclassified "streets". </blockquote><div><br>So, the only difference between [1] and [2] is the tag "lanes=" ? Is

this small information sufficient for map rendering and/or navigation

systems?<br>

<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This distinction is slightly contentious, and<br>there are some that would prefer the properties/classification of a road

<br>to be tagged independently of its usage.</blockquote><br><br>

<br><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/5/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Fairhurst</b> <<a href="mailto:richard@systemed.net">richard@systemed.net</a>> wrote:</span><br>> In short: if you don't have any evidence that it's a classified road,

use highway=tertiary (for the biggest streets), highway=unclassified

(for everything else), or highway=pedestrian (for pedestrianised road). mmm, only big streets or everything else. I miss some urban classification the way "highway" does: for example, urban=primary, urban=secondary, urban=residential...

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