[HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki

[Vao Matua]

I led the discussion at the Highway Tagging workshop on the last day of
SOTM Africa.
There was quite a bit of discussion and agreement that the existing tagging
can be frustrating, however, we did not generate any new proposals for
additional tags.
We did agree on some changes to the Africa Highway Tagging Guide
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Tag_Africa> which has now been
updated to reflect not only Functional Class but also Construction class
and width.
I am in the process of preparing a one page reference guide for use in
carto-parties and mapathons and by new mappers.

General changes or clarifications:
A residential road serves people who live adjacent to it.
An unclassified road connects settlements and collects traffic from
residential roads, tracks, and paths
A track allows people to access agriculture areas, but not connect to a
settlement
A path can function like an unclassified highway, but is restricted to foot
traffic or 2 wheeled vehicles
Highway = tertiary or secondary may be paved, but not by default.

Let me know if you have questions or suggestions.

Emmor
(Palolo)

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 4:38 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I seem to recall some one posting recently that following discussion at
> the SOTM Africa in Uganda 2017 some changes had been made to the wiki.
>
> Could some one highlight these.
>
> Thanks John
>
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