[OSM-talk-be] Trunk road?

[Maarten Deen]

On 2014-12-30 16:33, Ben Laenen wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 December 2014 11:09:12 Maarten Deen wrote:
>> I drove across the N60e near Peruwelz [1] which has a autoweg (route
>> pour automobile) sign. According to the wiki [2] this should be mapped
>> as trunk. Currently it is a secondary road.
>> What is the best option here? Make it trunk or add a motorway=yes tag?
> 
> "autoweg" is in principle tagged as motorroad=yes. The highway=trunk is 
> for
> all express roads where pedestrians/cyclists/mopeds aren't allowed, on 
> the
> condition that it's not just for a single bridge or tunnel.
> 
> So, should the N60e be mapped as trunk? I'm not sure, I don't know that 
> road,
> it seems a bit small for it to be tagged as a trunk road. But if you 
> think it
> makes sense, map it as trunk, but the motorroad=yes should nevertheless 
> be
> enough for routers.

Small as in short? I agree. It is short and leads from nothing to 
nowhere and especially does not connect two major roads directly. But 
the road itself would suit that tag. It is a wide road and would even 
satisfy german "Kraftfahrstrasse" regulations. Very un-belgian if I may 
say so, and it certainly looks out of place there.

Even though, I am hesitant to tag it as trunk. I'll add the 
motorroad=yes tag and see how it evolves.

Regards,
Maarten