[Talk-bd] Bing and road classification

[Larry O'Neill]

Hi All,

I did a bit today from Bing traces:
osm.org/browse/changeset/10721820

Would anyone be able to advise me on road classification?

Larry


On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Larry O'Neill <larryoneill at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi All,
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> I am just after putting together a relation that defines the areas of
> Bangladesh that are covered with good aerial imagery:
> http://osm.org/?relation=1360344
> Much of it is in the border regions, but significant territory has really
> good coverage.
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> Recently we got some new imagery in Ireland, which we have been using to
> great effect to map places that were previously fairly blank.
> The edge of our imagery has become well defined:
> http://osm.org/?lat=54.03&lon=-7.497&zoom=10&layers=M
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> I was thinking of doing some editing in Bangladesh along similar lines, to
> emphasise the quality of this resource.
> Before I start with it though, I wanted to ask about road classification
> in Bangladesh.
> If I was to start tracing from aerial imagery, I wouldn't be sure about
> how to tag the roads.
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> I propose that we have a discussion on establishing a scheme and
> convention for classifying roads in Bangladesh.
> From what I have read so far, the road network in Bangladesh has
> classifications for National Highways, Regional Highways and Zilla Roads.
> I am not sure if there are further classifications or categories of roads
> - can anyone advise me on this?
> Also, I am unsure if we are permitted to use the http://www.rhd.gov.bd/information as a source for OSM.
> Could anyone verify this?
> One of the maps on the site has a note on it stating that it is for RHD
> purposes only and can't be used for anything else.
> Does anyone on this list have advice on asking the RHD for permission to
> use some of their information?
>
> If this is not a viable option, would a contact in a civil engineering
> department of one of the universities be a reasonably authoritative source
> on road classification?
>
> Any information any of you could add to this could certainly help here...
>
> Larry
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