[Talk-GB] Primary road which isn't really a primary road

[Philip Barnes]

It was residential until it was changed by a sabristi type mapper who wants everything as on paper rather than on the ground.

If you have local knowledge you should change it to what is signed and verifiable on the ground rather than a piece of paper in a filing cabinet with a sign beware of the leopard 

Phil (trigpoint)

On 9 January 2023 12:50:58 GMT, Timothy Noname <hervbeof at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>I'm unhappy with the way a section of Embankment road in Plymouth is
>tagged. Technically it is compliant with the "Roads in the united kingdom"
>wiki article but the practical effect of this is a map which is very
>confusing.
>
>https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/422381748#map=17/50.37182/-4.11307
>
>This section of road A374 contains a bus only lane, plus enforcement camera.
>Traffic heading to the A374 isn't supposed to use this section of the A374,
>but to use another road, also tagged A374 as Gydnia way from the roundabout.
>
>I would like to downgrade the section from ~Florence place to Stenlake
>Terrace
>
>All other maps display this road as a minor road. I would like to downgrade
>it to a residential road, since that's effectively what it is. Technically
>it's still an A road that no-one except busses should use as a through road.
>
>I know everyone will say you shouldn't tag for a renderer but I can't see
>how any renderer could interpret the current situation and produce a useful
>map.
>
>So please, I am open to alternative suggestions.
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