[HOT] Highway Tag Africa wiki

[Bjoern Hassler]

Dear friends,

I think it would be really good to have a simple set of instructions for
people at mapathons. Sure, these can always be amended as per instructions,
but it would be nice to have a default set.

In our "MM Intro" presentation, we came up with this slide
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xFDiMaWRj1RBlXzVYlKp06yE2Ja9Q5rmD9-bPDp1TWo/edit#slide=id.g2326c0c777_5_390
where we try to give practical guidance, and try to delineate the features
(i.e. give "negatives" rather than just the definition).

The slide says:

   - Can it be passed by a vehicle? → unclassified (or better) /
   residential / track (not path)
   - Does it connect areas where people live (running within and through
   villages)? → Unclassified or better (not residential / not track)
   - Does the road only run within a village or residential areas (not a
   through-road) → residential
   - Does the road only run to fields (agric. use)? → track
   - Is it not passable by car (4x4)? → path
   - Note: A metal roof arrives by vehicle → roads to houses with metal
   roofs are unclassified or residential (not path).

(The set is aimed at cases where M/trunk/1/2/3iary is already in existence,
as is often the case.)

I do think that a set like this will help new mappers with decision making.

What do people think? I've copied it here
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Highway_Tag_Africa#Mailing_list in
case people want to edit.

Bjoern

On 29 July 2017 at 12:09, john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> HOT mailing list
>>> HOT at openstreetmap.org
>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> HOT mailing list
> HOT at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/hot/attachments/20170729/7eeefef7/attachment.html>