[OSM-talk] residential and unclassified in Australia WAS definition of the main highway-tag

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/8/6 Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk>:
> Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>> 2009/8/6 Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk>:
>>> If there are countries where the road classification system identifies
>>> tertiary roads distinctly then fair enough, but most of the residential and
>>> service roads in the UK are probably tertiary rather than unclassified, which
>>> puts them above unclassified. However there is still nothing really distinct
>>> between these two levels?
>>
>> I wonder which type of classification you talk about. Is this about
>> administrative, physical or grid hierarchy? Usually all these aspects
>> are covered by some kind of (sometimes different) classification.
>
> Simple highway= - which is what we are talking about ....

Actually I don't understand, how a service-road, which is by
definition not intended for general "through traffic" (don't know if
this is English), can be considered tertiary, which is one level below
secondary and has by this a connective function.

cheers,
Martin