[OSM-newbies] editing TIGER data

[Thomas Wood]

On Jan 3, 2008 4:37 AM, Shawn Rutledge <shawn.t.rutledge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 1, 2008 8:31 PM, John Wolter <jwolter0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, the TIGER upload is a one-time starting point for the map.  And yes,
> > the TIGER data leaves lots to be desired. I have noticed that TIGER assigns
> > primary to US Highways, secondary to state highways.  Personally, I don't
>
> Well US highways are mostly motorways (freeways) right?
>
> I like having the major/minor grid lines in a different color, which
> is why I did it that way, but city streets do stretch the definition
> of "highway" a bit.  :-)  But then again, so do the hiking trails
> (highway=footway).  I also see it being done this way in Los Angeles.
>
> I'm thinking "trunk" might be appropriate as the level above "primary"
> in the case when a state highway is a divided one, but not a freeway
> (it still has intersections).
>
> BTW it's kinda late on Wednesday and I still don't see my changes in
> the main map.  Guess it's taking longer than the claimed 12 hours, or
> something went wrong.

See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Highway#International_equivalence
for US highway tagging.

Changes should appear on the osmarender layer of the main map within a
day, the mapnik (default) layer is updated weekly.

-- 
Regards,
Thomas Wood
(Edgemaster)