[OSM-talk-be] First mapping questions

[Philippe Piquer]

Based on GM, it's obviously not an Nxx , it's a a 'simple' street

I would tag it as
highway=residential
name=Heerestraat
lanes=2
cycleway=lane (or track)

If when you say footway , you mean 'voetpas','trottoir','sidewalk' then so
far it's not yet mapped so I would leave footway out.

primary,secondary,tertiary ... there's no clear decision on this for
Belgium, I go with Nx-Nxx as primary, Nxxx as secondary and leave tertiary
for important local routes , when the route ref get a letter postfix (as
N7a) , I downgrade one level so I would tag this as a secondary (Nxxx ->
tertiary)...

unclassified, residential is very unclear , I try to put residential for
streets with many houses , and unclassifieds for those with a lot od cows ;)

About cities , I think Leuven is not a bad example , or Lessines but I did
it so I'm partial  :)

Philippe

2008/6/27 Chris Van Bael <chris.van.bael at gmail.com>:

> 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
>
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