[OSM-talk] Highways with surface=unpaved; highway=secondary_link

[Lauri Hahne]

And we have plenty of tertiarys here which are unpaved.

2007/9/28, Michael Collinson <mike at ayeltd.biz>:
> At 09:50 AM 9/28/2007, Tom Hughes wrote:
> >In message <5ffb04320709271751t22b4bf24w177095eb4eb9e399 at mail.gmail.com>
> >         Andrew MacKinnon <andrewpmk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Could someone with svn access add highways tagged surface=unpaved to
> > > the mapnik and osmarender rules files, so that they render like
> > > highways tagged highway=unsurfaced (which are rendered in mapnik but
> > > not osmarender). Surface=unpaved is listed in map features, but
> > > highway=unsurfaced is not (I presume that it is depreciated). In
> > > osmarender, I would suggest rendering unpaved highways like
> > > unclassified but with dashed borders.
> >
> >Personally I've tended to use highway=unsurfaced or highway=track
> >as I didn't realise the surface tag was in use.
> >
> >I can see that having them as separate concepts is useful in some
> >countries where more roads are unsurfaced though.
>
> Yes. Examples: Stockholm has unpaved residential roads. Australia has
> many "normal" through unpaved rural roads or with unpaved stretches -
> being able to see them at a glance is useful for route planning (and
> for rental cars where you generally can't use them!).  Many other
> countries have unpaved arterial routes.
>
>
> > > Also, could someone add highway=secondary_link to osmarender? It isn't
> > > actually in map features, but it is widely used, and mapnik renders
> > > it. It should be rendered like highway=secondary.
> >
> >Do you really have secondary roads with grade separated junctions?
>
> In Stockholm there are quite a few and can be quite complex, a thin
> line link rendering would be a useful addition.  I've experimented
> with oneway primary_link or unclassified but both look ugly and are
> not correct.
>
> Mike
> Stockholm
>
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Lauri Hahne