[OSM-talk] definition of the main highway-tag

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/8/2 Liz <edodd at billiau.net>:

> So the question is:
> is there anything about a road inside an industrial or commercial area which
> would be important inside a renderer or a routing engine
> and is different to a residential road?

yes. A residential road should be avoided if possible (slow, dangerous
and noisy for residents / playing kids), while I don't see this in
industrial or commercial context. Furthermore industrial areas are
built according to standards that allow easy use with trucks, while in
residential areas you will more often have smaller streets and
straighter curves, which will cause problems to big trucks.

Martin