[OSM-newbies] road classification for industrial park

Cartinus cartinus at xs4all.nl
Sat Mar 28 15:32:00 GMT 2009


When a road is not important (so it can't be classified as tertiary and above) 
and has no special "purpose" (so it's not residential or service) you're best 
of to tag it as highway=unclassified. The Mapnik layer on openstreetmap.org 
renders unclassified and residential the same.

On Saturday 28 March 2009 16:00:00 doug brown wrote:
> I am mapping an industrial park and cannot determine what tags to put on
> the roads in this area.  highway=residential is not appropriate as it is
> misleading, though it would be desirable that the renderer produce a
> similar symbol on the map.  I have a similar issue with streets that are
> primarily commercial.
>
> Some guidance please.

-- 
m.v.g.,
Cartinus




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