[talk-au] When is a road, not a road?

[Andrew Davidson]

The metadata says that it includes roads maintained by Main Roads and 
"all roads controlled by Local Government (Local Roads) that are 
assigned road numbers", which is great. It also has "other centreline is 
also included for paths and unknown roads" which is a bit vague as to 
how complete the data set is. What do the missing roads look like on 
aerial imagery?

On 22/12/16 16:06, Warin wrote:
> On 22-Dec-16 03:59 PM, Warren wrote:
>> I suspect the answer to this question  is simple.
>>
>> Following Sam Wilson's post about the data sources available for
>> Western Australian Roads, and using Sam's approach I have begun adding
>> and checking road names in WA.  In  the area that I am currently
>> working there are a number of named "roads" on  OSM (usually Highway:
>> unclassified), that do not appear on the Main roads data.
>>
>> If a road is not on the Main roads database does it automatically
>> become a named track (Highway: Track)    ?
>
> I'd leave it alone... someone thinks otherwise ... contact them for
> their view.
>
> The 'Main roads database' may not include roads maintained by local
> councils ... that does not make them OSM 'highway=track'.
>
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