[Tagging] Another classification needed for minor urban/suburban collectors?

[Nathan Edgars II]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:19 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>> > You will find residential roads in
>> > residental, commercial or industrial areas.
>>
>> This seems very wrong to me. Can I get input from others?
> you may.
> The categories have strange names
> and are used differently in different jurisdictions
> so I map residential roads in residential, commercial and industrial areas
> and put unclassified roads in rural areas
> While there would be scope for a greater granularity in the roads
> classification that would result in great upheaval for mappers

If that's so, why do we have residential at all? Why not just use unclassified?