[OSM-np] Classification of Roads in Nepal

[Sakar Pudasaini]

So the way I'm reading it is that:
highway = pedestrian is a function of "legal" barriers to traffic e.g. the
central parts of the three old durbar squares

Prabhas, isn't your point more appropriate for highway = footpath. There
are all kinds of gallis that are primarily walking paths but motorcycles
will occasionally (and during rush hour even frequently) go through them.

-S

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Prabhas Pokharel <
prabhas.pokharel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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