[Tagging] Paper streets?

[John F. Eldredge]

"Paper streets" in a partially-built subdivision are more likely to be developed in the near future than is a totally-imaginary city located where no development is currently planned.  So, they are likely to be of more interest to people.  Any such proposed streets should be replaced, over time, as real construction takes place.

Chances are that, as real development takes place, some of the real streets will be in the originally-planned locations, and some won't be.

-------Original Email-------
Subject :Re: [Tagging] Paper streets?
From  :mailto:pieren3 at gmail.com
Date  :Mon Oct 18 17:12:31 America/Chicago 2010


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