[OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.

[John Smith]

--- On Thu, 6/8/09, Richard Fairhurst <richard at systemeD.net> wrote:

> "Rural is lower than residential" doesn't arise, because by
> definition "residential" means a built-up area, so it ain't
> rural.

Exactly.

> I would humbly suggest highway=minor is a better tag
> because

Someone already did and it went no where. My proposal wasn't just about highway=rural but clarifying highway=unclassified.

> - the adjective "rural" could apply to a motorway in the
> countryside

Hence the references to unsealed, single lane etc.

> - it's already in the Mapnik stylesheet ;)

Well that's just plain silly, mapnik shouldn't be told about anything not agreed upon.