[Tagging] Paper streets?

M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdreist at gmail.com
Tue Oct 19 00:46:57 BST 2010


2010/10/18 Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com>:
> 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=*?


usually they are mapped

highway=proposed
proposed=primary/motorway/etc,

see the wiki.

cheers,
Martin



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