[Tagging] highway=unclassified

[Steve Bennett]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:58 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if this definition which was formerly part of the description
> for highway=unclassified is still valid:

I love it when people are brave enough to question the semantics of
very frequently used tags.

FWIW, here's how I use unclassified vs residential:

residential: a street with at least some houses, that isn't a tertiary
or above, and probably has a speed limit of 60kph or less.
unclassified: a country road that isn't a tertiary or above, and
probably has a speed limit of 60kph or higher. Also, minor roads in
non-residential parts of cities, regardless of speed limit.

Obviously those definitions aren't tight, mutually exclusive or even
necessarily coherent.

Steve