[OSM-talk] mark a way as secondary

[Immanuel Scholz]

Hi,

> I would like to mark a way a secondary but I see to solutions in the
> help ( http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Editing ) :
> * set the class as "secondary" in the basic tab.
> * add a key/value as "highway/secondary" in the advanced tab.
>
> Which is the best ?

I dislike the wording "highway" as a replacement for "class", since I
think something like "highway=footpath" or even "highway=minor" is very
confusing. That is the reason I recomment using "class" as key and
"highway" as value (as example for german autobahns).


On the other hand, people have spent time to developing a scheme of
key/values at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features. This
page recommends "highway" as key to specify the road's class.


Ciao, Imi