[OSM-talk-be] Mapping blank areas - some remarks

[Marc Verwerft]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Luc Van den Troost <luc.antw at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> This weekend  - it was nice weather for a motorbike tour - I have been
> mapping a part of the mostly white area on the borders of Antwerpen /
> Brabant / Limburg (Veerle - Tessenderlo - Diest - Beringen -
> Leopoldsburg - Balen).
>
> Some remarks on what I encountered on the map:
>
> Someone made the effort to mark the max-speed with the roads, but where
> the max speed changes also the clasification of the road changed.
> Secondary road becomes tertiary where speed drops to 50, and residential
> where it is 30...
>
> I guess a roads clasification has nothing to do with the speed limit.
> The only drawback of this method would be that once OSM would get used
> for routing routes would be created trough realy residential areas
> instead of using the main road.
>
>
> In Diest I had to erase part of the railway line to Aarschot. It was
> drawn on the map pretty much as a straight line from Diest to Testelt,
> although in reality the railway makes a large turn around a small
> mountain. On the current map the railway was crossing a lot of roads
> that in reality it does not cross.
>
>
> If one maps 'blank areas' one should try to split up the track into the
> individual roads as much as possible.
>
>
> One question about a specific road situation. It is about the N2, Diest
> - Hasselt in Kermt.
>
> This road has a kind of 'middenberm' with one-way lanes on both sides.
> The middle part, however, consists mostly of nature stone, on the same
> level as the road, and can be crossed at all places. On some places
> there may be a tree in the middle.
>
> Should this be mapped as 2 single one way roads (then one should have to
> map quite a lot of crossovers in between) or as just one double
> direction road? Personally I would prefer the last one.
>
>
> Luc.
>
>
> PS. Who wants to join for a motorbike tour (NO PASSENGERS!) in that aera
> let me know. Would like to enjoy as much as possible of the late
> summertime on the motorbike, and there are pretty much of nice roads in
> that area to be mapped.
>
>
>
>
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Hello Luc,

I'm sure interested in mapping by motorbike also but unfortunately I
can only do that in the WE's from mid october onwards. I'll keep you
informed when it's possible for me.

Regards