[Tagging] Paper streets?

[Pieren]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm wondering if there's any benefit in mapping "paper streets" -
> streets that have been officially dedicated to the government by the
> former landowner but that have not (yet) been constructed. For
> example, they may explain a truncated grid
> (http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=28.39687&lon=-81.50172&zoom=17&layers=M
> )
> or two disconnected streets having the same name, and they are often
> used in legal land descriptions.
>
> Some of these qualify for highway=proposed. But if there are no
> current plans to build them, would it be a good idea to map them as
> (for example) highway=paper name=*?
>
>
If you read this diary entry:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/djwright7101/diary/12027

there is a strong opposition about imaginary cities. But it seems that
imaginary roads are tolerated...

Pieren
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