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<p>I just noticed that I forgot to set the list on cc, see below.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Von:</b> Gerd Petermann<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 9. November 2015 10:03<br>
<b>An:</b> Martin Koppenhoefer<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> AW: [OSM-talk] Undiscussed (?) edits removing lesser-used highway=* tags</font>
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<p>"a link "links" (connects) two different roads" <br>
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<p>yes, but that is more or less the case with all roads, isn't it? So why do we</p>
<p>have tags like "highway=trunk_link" instead of a combination like e.g.</p>
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<p>"link=yes" ?</p>
<p>Maybe it is just a historical convinience (I'd call it error then) which <br>
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<p>nobody dared to change ?<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Von:</b> Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist@gmail.com><br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 9. November 2015 09:44<br>
<b>An:</b> GerdP<br>
<b>Cc:</b> osm<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [OSM-talk] Undiscussed (?) edits removing lesser-used highway=* tags</font>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2015-11-09 7:39 GMT+01:00 GerdP <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gpetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gpetermann_muenchen@hotmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
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<div id=":13m" class="a3s" style="overflow:hidden">I only know a discussion in Germany which came to the<br>
conclusion that tags like unclassified_link, residential_link and<br>
service_link make not much sense:<br>
<a href="http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=26083" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=26083</a><br>
The wiki doesn't mention those _link types as well, and my<br>
understanding is that only major roads have a link (if link<br>
in english means what we call "Abfahrt/ Auffahrt" in Germany,<br>
I would describe it as a lane that allows to decrease/increase<br>
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literally, a link "links" (connects) two different roads. While I agree that for service roads this seems a strange tag, I could imagine unclassified and residential links to make sense somehow (at roundabouts), but personally I'm using the main road class
(i.e. unclassified or residential) for these "links".<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Martin<br>
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