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

John Smith delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 31 01:56:22 BST 2009




--- On Thu, 30/7/09, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

> - residential roads (just in residential areas, no
> connecting
> function, you will not take this if you don't live in the
> area)
> - unclassified roads (not clear, there are voices that they
> don't
> exist in urban areas, I personally use them if there are
> either no
> residents nearby or if they are slightly bigger than
> residential
> streets and are used to access residential streets)

Most of what I classify as unclassified roads (not streets) are usually lower on the chain than residential, as they only have 1 lane in most cases, so I wouldn't expect them to exist in urban areas.


      




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