[Talk-us] Tagging a super-two highway (trunk or motorway?)

Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org
Thu Jun 27 01:35:47 UTC 2013


I get that, but looking at how the tag is documented (
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Motorway), if it's not divded, it's not
a motorway.  Perhaps Richard or Phil could chime in again on whether it's
time to update the wiki or update the tag.


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Richie Kennedy
<richiekennedy56 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> But that goes back to "are we trying to be consistent within OSM, or are
>> we trying to second guess the renderer to look like some other publisher's
>> map?"  Or to put it another way, "Why are we trying to tag for the renderer
>> in Kansas?"
>>
>
>
> The argument that I (and Chris) are making is that a two lane freeway is
> properly tagged motorway (and Chris takes it further, saying that doing so
> *is* consistent within OSM)
>
> I'm not going to tag a roadway as "motorway" unless I'm positive that it
> qualifies. It also helps to have something to back it up with.
>
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