[Talk-ca] Proposed changes to road classification and related stuff

[Jherome Miguel]

It's not just about keeping up with changes in the border, but I find there
need to a lot more trunk routes so to highlight other important road links
between important regional population centres (in here as well as in the
US), not just ones defined by a committee of provincial and territorial
transportation ministers.  Yes, a trunk network based on the NHS core
network may be okay and is mostly well-connected so to say the least, and
we can leave that as it is, but we should try to highlight other key
connections (e.g. Barrie/Toronto/Kitchener-Waterloo/London–Owen Sound, Red
Deer–Saskatoon, Medicine Hat-Lloydminster, Rouyn-Noranda–Saguenay without
passing through the St. Lawrence valley, North Battleford-Prince Albert,
Prince Albert-Yorkton without passing through Saskatoon), and relying
solely on a highway being a NHS core route can reveal connectivity gaps,
especially when viewing the map at lower zooms. Connectivity is an current
issue as with BC 99 (Sea to Sky Highway), which ends at Whistler rather
than continuing up to the Cariboo; the BC 99 trunk status being based on
where it's an NHS route.

On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 10:22 AM Iain Ingram <iain at monkeyface.ca> wrote:

> 
> I certainly wouldn’t say this mail list doesn’t have mappers from the west
> on it. I am also in Alberta. I would have to agree with Martin. What is
> broken and what is the benefit of this fix? I am not suggesting it is not
> valid but I am curious what brought this up as a need.
>
> Iain
>
> On Feb 10, 2022, at 07:42, Martin Chalifoux via Talk-ca <
> talk-ca at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
> On this statement below, I will ask again, what is it that is broken ?
> What is it that needs fixing ? It may be obvious to you that it needs
> fixing but for many experienced mappers the trunk tag is just fine and
> there is nothing wrong with it. So in a sentence or two, not a one pager,
> can you explain what is it that needs fixing. That they have done something
> in the USA is not the answer. Thank you.
>
>
>
> On Feb 10, 2022, at 09:21, Jherome Miguel <jheromemiguel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On the trunk==expressway thing, I’ll still be willing on dealing with
> those. People south of the border are already dealing with it, and why not
> us which still do have a bunch?
>
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