[Talk-in] Tagging service roads of National Highways

Srihari Thalla thallasrihari at gmail.com
Tue Aug 22 06:48:45 UTC 2017


Hi,

The secondary tag seems more appropriate for the area I have shared. Thanks
for the Wiki link. I'll update the roads.

On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 at 12:06 I Chengappa <imchengappa at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi
>
> It definitely should not be trunk_link.
>
> The advice at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Frontage_road is that
> it should be tagged as a minor road as compared to the major road. The
> tagging level should depend on its function in local connectivity i.e. how
> important it is in connecting local settlements. I think most of them could
> reasonably be tagged as tertiary or secondary roads.
>
> Thanks,
>
> On 19 August 2017 at 10:15, Srihari Thalla <thallasrihari at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Some of the major National Highways (like Asian Highways[1]) have service
>> roads running in parallel. What is the standard tagging of these roads?
>>
>> I have tagged them as "trunk_link" [2] but I am not sure if this is the
>> one followed by others.
>>
>> [1] - http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/471481188
>> [2] - http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/421844986
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Srihari
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>> Srihari
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