[OSM-talk-be] First mapping questions

[Chris Van Bael]

Hi all,

the noobie is upgrading ;-)
I bought the QStarz yesterday, it arrived today.
Had to drive a bit, so why not take it with me to get my first logging.

First problem: JOSM doesn't like the GPX track, it fails to import
with an error message:
"Content is not allowed in prolog."
Does anybody know what's going wrong here?

Anyway, downloaded Merkaartor and used that one.
Looks good and seems usable.
I already see that mapping by car is not really efficient.

Anyway, my first questions on the mapping itself.
The difference between secondary, tertiary and residential is not
completely clear to me.
Can somebody explain this in more detail?

Maybe an example: (you can look it up on maps.google.be until I finish
my mapping)
I drove on the Heerestraat in Oud-Turnhout
This doesn't seem to be an Nxx road, but it is almost as big:
one part of it has bicycle tracks next to it on the same level, but no
separation between them.
Although it isn't just a few paint marks on the 'macadam', like you
still several of those dangerous bicycle tracks.
Another part of that road also has bicycle tracks, but then they are
seperated by small bushes and colored in red.
Is this mapped different?
Is this a secondary, tertiary or residential road?

Another road nearby, the Schuurhoven, looks a bit smaller, but is
legally the same kind of road I think.
It doesn't have a footway or bicycle track however.
Is it mapped different from the Heerestraat?

If you have a road with 2 lanes for cars, bicycle track and footway
next the each other, how should it be mapped ideally?

And last: is there maybe a fine example city in Belgium?
Not a big one like Brussels or Antwerp, because they seem to differ
from smaller cities wrt bicycles and footways.
Better to learn from a decent example...

Greets,

Chris