[OSM-np] Classification of Roads in Nepal

[Prabhas Pokharel]

Bibek, thanks for making a first draft of this important document. One
minor suggestion: should we think of something that is very similar to
highway=pedestrian, but streets that are accessible to motorcycles? As we
know, there are a lot of places like this in Kathmandu, does dual tagging of
highway=pedestrian and motorcyle=yes make sense?

The trickiest part when tagging that I come across is deciding between
highway=residential and highway=living_street Its usually very difficult
deciding between the two. You seem to suggest two possibilities: lacking a
footpath, or a street intended for two-way transport which cannot fit cars
going both directions at the same time. I think if we pick the latter, it
will be most appropriate, as even bigger residential streets in many areas
of the city lack footpaths, but the determinant of two cards being able to
pass each other at any spot of the road seems like an important one in
separating classes of roads.

Others on the list, thoughts? If I get no reply, I'll put the motorcycle
guidelines in, assuming silence = no dissent :)

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 9:40 PM, bibekshrestha at gmail.com <
bibekshrestha at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have done some draft work on guidelines for marking roads of Nepal.
> They can be viewed at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal:Roads
> Most of it is kind of copy paste from the India:Roads page but I've
> removed things that do not seem relevant in our context. For instance
> Indian roads are classified as NationalExpressways, NationalHighways,
> NationalExpressHighways, etc which I don't think we have.
>
> The classification is not based upon any fixed system, instead it is
> built on top of the general guidelines of OSM itself.
>
> If anyone is willing to verify and further contribute, I would be more
> than happy to collaborate on it.
>
> Warm regards
> --
> Bibek Shrestha
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