[Talk-GB] Mapquest routing

[Andrew]

Andy Allan <gravitystorm at ...> writes:

> 
> I'll bet it's to do with the US.
> 
> I think that in the US we are mapping "freeways" as either
> highway=motorway (for freeways that cross state lines, i.e.
> Interstates) or highway=trunk (for freeways that don't). So,
> translating it to the UK, the "avoid freeways" option becomes "avoid
> motorways", but still disables both highway=motorway and
> highway=trunk.
> 

This is the same problem as Openmtbmap sending bicycles away from 
highway=trunk roads and is really an ambiguity in the tag. In the US and 
Germany it is used for less-than-motorway roads but in Britain, although some 
roads tagged that way are like that, it is very often more-than-primary.

--
Andrew