[Talk-us] Mass Change of Highway Classification in Larimer County Colorado

[Clifford Snow]

The user, https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Oregonian3, has made similar
edits in other parts of the west. I looked at one in Tucson where they
changed a tertiary to a secondary road. While I've been on the road I
couldn't say if it should be one or the other.

I would recommend leaving a friendly message asking how they arrived at the
new classification. If they don't respond then ask the DWG to place a
0-hour block on the user to get them to respond. From looking at their
comment history, Oregonian3 has responded to other inquiries on highway
classification with indication they are using state highway traffic counts.

Best,
Clifford

On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 10:48 AM Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> It looks like there has been a mass change of highway classifications in
> Larimer County Colorado in the following changesets:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/103936689
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/103940306
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/103960238
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/103955688
>
> No explanation is given other than "Update roads in southern Larimer
> County" (e.g.).
> imagery_used is listed as "OpenStreetMap (Standard)", which doesn't make
> any sense (probably automatically inserted by iD editor - but suggesting
> that satellite/aerial imagery was not used).
>
> Given the relatively large number of changes made in a short amount of
> time (I am local and am familiar with many of these roads, and for me to
> made an individual determination as to the classification of each of these
> roads would take considerably longer), I suspect that the changes were
> based upon a source that has not been cited, and/or an attempt to get a
> router to behave in the desired manner.  In any event, shouldn't the logic
> behind the change be explained?
>
> What does the community think?
>
> Mike
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