[OSM-talk] New OSM Carto: White Roads & Road Widths

[Lester Caine]

On 04/11/15 12:08, Pieren wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer
> <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > tertiaries are still rendered, they just don't have a different colour than other roads (but they are thicker). In German we say: remain on the carpet ;-)
> Well, I would say in English "you play with words". It's not visible
> as a specific class. And for the minority who will see it's thicker,
> they will think it's based on a physical attribute (width or lanes),
> not on its importance.

The simple answer is secondary, tertiary and unclassified roads in many
areas of the world have the same importance, so rendering them
drastically differently is a mistake!

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