[OSM-newbies] Trunk highway going through a town -- how to tag

[Charlotte Wolter]

         Here is the location: 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=36.82709&lon=-107.990342&zoom=18
         It's Aztec, NM, where NM 516 passes through town.

Best,

Charlotte


At 10:18 AM 11/4/2012, you wrote:
>I immediately thought of this place I pass through frequently: 
><http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=29.8394&lon=-96.70525&zoom=15&layers=M>http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=29.8394&lon=-96.70525&zoom=15&layers=M
>In this case, going off the same principle we have with 
>"almost-freeways" (i.e. tagging them as trunk roads), I think it 
>makes more sense to tag it as a trunk road because the undivided 
>section is short and insignificant. Though I don't know how similar 
>your case is to this one. Could you show us the specific instance(s)?
>
>
>On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Charlotte Wolter 
><<mailto:techlady at techlady.com>techlady at techlady.com> wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>         I have a place where a trunk highway (divided but not 
> limited access) goes through a large town where it becomes a 
> four-lane street with a wide left-turn lane in the center (but not 
> really a divided highway). My instinct is to tag it a primary road 
> while in town (it is called Main Street in town). Is this correct?
>
>Charlotte
>
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Charlotte Wolter
927 18th Street Suite A
Santa Monica, California
90403
+1-310-597-4040
techlady at techlady.com
Skype: thetechlady

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