[OSM-talk] Changed highway=*_link meaning?!

[Anthony]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:16 AM, James Livingston <lists at sunsetutopia.com>wrote:

> I, and from what I see in use where I live quite a few other too, have
> always used xxx_link tags to join a highway=xxx with a higher one, because
> we think what was documented on the wiki (xxx_link joins highway=xxx with a
> lower one) is silly.
>

So what's a motorway_link?

I've always assumed motorway_link joined a motorway with something less than
a motorway.  Perhaps this is jurisdiction-specific, though.  Where I've
lived, the offramp of a highway is under the jurisdiction of the highway
(offramp of a state highway is policed by state troopers, not county
police).  So an offramp of a motorway would be, I'd assume, a motorway_link
(if not motorway), not a primary_link.  In fact, if I hadn't seen that there
was a such thing as motorway_link, I'd probably tag them as motorway.

If this is something which is opposite in other jurisdictions, that
definitely would be a consideration we'd need to address.  Of course,
highway=* tags are already jurisdiction-specific.
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