[OSM-talk] Bing maps is misplaced

[Steve Bennett]

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:16 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1, and you can't see restrictions, surface quality and material,
> oneways, etc. on them. That's why there is highway=road. You should
> avoid to tag highway=specific-highway-class if you don't know the
> location from being on the ground.
>
> Please tag roads derived from aerial imagery as
>
> highway=road

I'm sorry, but no. This is not common practice, nor is it desirable.
Could we please not give advice which only reflects personal
preferences?

Fwiw, highway=road is for when you know *nothing* about a road. Can
you tell me, hand on heart, that you would not tag this road:

http://www.nearmap.com/?ll=-38.107325,145.15275&z=20&t=k&nmd=20101020

as highway=residential, maxspeed=50, surface=paved, lanes=2?

Steve