[HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki

[john whelan]

Looking at the wiki changes it looks like mainly clarifications I tend to
not use tags higher than tertiary as I think they are best left to local
knowledge or someone with more specialised knowledge.

Many Thanks

John

On 28 July 2017 at 23:25, Vao Matua <vaomatua at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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