[OSM-talk] Difference Residential and unclassified Highways

[Andy Robinson]

Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
>Sent: 29 November 2006 5:44 PM
>To: Simon Hewison
>Cc: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Difference Residential and unclassified Highways
>
>Simon Hewison wrote:
>> Ali Lakrakbi wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What is the difference between Residential and unclassified Highways,
>>> because right now I am putting a tag unclassified to all small
>>> streets.
>>
>> highway=residential was originally put forward as a way to aid routing
>> algorithms in avoiding sending you down a residential street (unless it
>was
>> actively trying to reach a residential destination).
>
>If we are going to have highway=residential, should we have
>highway=industrial for small roads through industrial areas or
>highway=commercial for small roads with shops or offices e.g. at the
>center of a town.

We are generally using highway=service for the roads that link into
industrial areas and the like but are not part of the main through routes.

Cheers

Andy

>
>IMHO, All 4 should be rendered the same on the normal slippy map (for
>the time being at least), but the information may be useful to custom
>map makers, navigation systems and displaying search results.
>
>Robert (Jamie) Munro