[OSM-talk] Residential areas

[matthew-osm at newtoncomputing.co.uk]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 05:40:26PM +0000, SteveC wrote:
> * @ 31/10/06 04:14:48 PM 80n80n at gmail.com wrote:
> > Tom
> > I am now tagging streets as highway=unclassified instead of
> 
> Is this not illogical? (eg, it _is_ classified) can we not keep
> highway=residential but just drop the abutters?

I agree.

Generally residential roads are not classified (they are C-prefix roads, which
are county-wide, not country-wide, allocated). Having said that, I have started
to use the landuse= tag, but still leave housing estates as highway=residential.

If nothing else, it will be useful for route-planning software in the future
(i.e. back-route through unclassified roads in the country may be OK, but
shortcut through a housing estate is less desireable).

I think I would vote (eventually) for the removal of the osmarender
abutters-type colouring from residential roads (that have not got the abutters
tag). But not until more landuse= is being used (the colouring is actually
helpful to see what is residential, and what unclassified, too; maybe it should
be left there, but just made smaller).

-- 
Matthew