[OSM-talk] [RFC] highway=unclassified currently is too ambiguous, so here's my proposal to fix it.
John Smith
delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 6 12:37:03 BST 2009
--- 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.
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