[OSM-talk] tagging roads

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/8/2 Blaž Lorger <blaz.lorger at triera.net>:
> Again, what is default width of the road?

this depends on the type of road and on the footways/pavements and
other present. Look here at the pictures on the right to identiy
different elements:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stra%C3%9Fenquerschnitt

some standards/proposed widths can be found here (again, it's in
German but you can look at the pictures and tables):
http://www.isl.uni-karlsruhe.de/module/strassenanlagen/querschnitt/querschnitt.html

> And it has everything to do with
> vehicles, because what you need to now is whether your vehicle, which can be
> 1, 2, 4 ... meters wide will be able to drive along road in question.

actually (in Germany, but I doubt that this differs a lot from other
countries) a vehicle can not be more than 2,55m wide and 4 meters
high. Otherwise it is not generally allowed to drive on roads (it must
drive in exceptional convoys accompagnied by policecars).

cheers,
Martin