[OSM-talk] Highways tagging vs Polygon

[Matt Amos]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
>
>> As stated above, I'd certainly expect that it would be easier for
>> #989431 to tag "DE:rural" info
>
> I missed the bit where "DE:rural" was proposed. How many roads outside
> of Germany are in Germany? How many roads in Germany are not in
> Germany? Surely the DE: prefix is redundant?

I missed the bit where "rural" was proposed. How many roads in urban
areas are in rural areas? How many roads in rural areas are in urban
areas? Surely the "rural" tag is redundant?

cheers,

matt