[OSM-np] Classification of Roads in Nepal

[Prabhas Pokharel]

On Saturday, June 30, 2012, Sakar Pudasaini wrote:

> 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.
>

Actually, you are right; highway=footway and motorcyle=yes is probably the
appropriate tag (and certainly better than highway=pedestrian +
motocyle=yes).
Although maybe we should advocate for a highway=motorcycleway as some of
the Gallis are designed specifically to accomodate both pedestrians and
motorcycles, eventually :-P.


>
> -S
>
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Prabhas Pokharel <
> prabhas.pokharel at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> '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<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'bibekshrestha at gmail.com');>
>> <bibekshrestha at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> '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
>>> bibekshrestha at gmail dot com
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>>> Arthur, Inception 2010
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