<br><br><div><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><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Francisco R. Santos wrote:<br><br>> I think I didn't fully explain.<br>><br>> I know there is a general scheme for *roads* outside towns, but<br>> what I want to ask is if there is a general scheme *inside* towns.
<br>> That is, what is the general rule for mapping, for example,<br>> downtown London streets?<br><br>In the UK, you'd use the same principle both outside and in, surely?<br>How the roads are classified is up to the highway authority.
<br><br>FWIW, in central London, all "primary A" (i.e. OSM trunk) roads<br>terminate at a loop formed by the Euston Road, Edgware Road, Park<br>Lane etc. etc. (the old Congestion Charge boundary, I think). So<br>
anything within that will be "non-primary A" (OSM primary), B (OSM<br>secondary) or unclassified.</blockquote><div><br>Ok, we are getting to the point. Among the 3 above (primary, secondary, unclassified), which one should I choose for **streets**, not *roads*? Am I confusing the terms? Sorry if I misunderstund these two terms, I'm not native english. What I mean for street is something [1], compared to a road [2]. Streets are not classified by any highway authority, as far as I know.
<br></div><br>[1]: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street</a><br>[2]: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road</a><br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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