[OSM-Talk-ZA] Tagging

[Heinz Meulke]

I also agree that the tagging standards does not make lots of sense

I would rather tag and use the speed limit as a guide.
In urban areas I would also consider the amount of traffic carried by the
specific road as a factor.

The suggestions made by Paul seems a lot more sensible than the current
standards and I would add my vote towards changing the tagging standards

Cheers
Heinz




On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Adrian Frith <adrian at frith.co.za> wrote:

> Mark Williams wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Perhaps in certain cases the physical functionality of the road may
> > need to have higher priority than its network classification (as in
> > Nics' example). I think we all know of roads that are unclassified or
> > secondary etc. that seem to be "major" routes! This is possibly driven
> > by the changing demography in S.A.
> >
> > But, again, this is interpretation... And this is why we are always
> > going to get people changing tags.
> >
> > I, for one, am quite happy to tag the M39 as a primary road - it is a
> > main feeder from Kempton/Tembisa to the N1 after all - and tag the M16
> > as a secondary road or even tertiary collector (using Pauls'
> > interpretation).
> >
> > Unless something can be clearly defined, there will be issues.
> >
> > Paul has put forward a suggestion for classification which does make
> > sense. I think we need more input from the regular "mappers" and users
> > of maps.
> >
> > Are we stirring up a hornet's nest?
>
> I believe I may have originally been responsible for that low/high
> distinction amongst M routes. I have come to realise that it doesn't
> actually make sense, and in Cape Town I've been tagging more freely.
> (For example, I tagged the M63 (Rhodes Drive) as "primary" because it's
> an important route.
>
> I still think that in the rural areas, the distinction between N roads,
> Rxx roads and Rxxx roads is a good one to follow; in my experience (in
> the Western Cape) it does seem to map quite closely to the actual size
> and condition of the road. But in the urban areas we may need to change
> our approach to a more functional scheme.
>
> Cheers,
> Adrian
>
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