Re: [Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

2010-07-16 Thread David ``Smith''
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Bill Ricker wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:32 AM, David ``Smith'' wrote: >>  You might be thinking, "what's an expressway?"  The >> short answer is, it's just like a freeway/motorway but with at-grade >> intersections. > > Huh?  That's weird to me. > > The on

[Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

2010-07-16 Thread David ``Smith''
> From: Martin Simon > Hi! > > Please be aware that the "motorroad" tag is not about motorway-like > grade seperation, but only motorway-like access restrictions. > > I think a combination of motorroad=* and grade_seperated=* would do > the job quite well (and could describe any combination of the

Re: [Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

2010-07-16 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:39 PM, David ``Smith'' wrote: >> From: Martin Simon >> Hi! >> >> Please be aware that the "motorroad" tag is not about motorway-like >> grade seperation, but only motorway-like access restrictions. >> >> I think a combination of motorroad=* and grade_seperated=* would do

Re: [Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

2010-07-16 Thread Anthony
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:39 PM, David ``Smith'' wrote: > Add to that > grade_separated=* and you would indeed describe what is physically a > freeway/motorway. What's the point of grade_separated=*? I thought that was covered by bridge/tunnel=yes and the lack of sharing of nodes at the point w

Re: [Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

2010-07-16 Thread David ``Smith''
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Anthony wrote: > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:39 PM, David ``Smith'' > wrote: >> >> Add to that >> grade_separated=* and you would indeed describe what is physically a >> freeway/motorway. > > What's the point of grade_separated=*?  I thought that was covered by > br

Re: [Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

2010-07-16 Thread John F. Eldredge
Briley Parkway, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA is a ring-road about seven miles out from the center of the city. Portions of it were purpose-built, while other sections involved connecting together existing streets. As a result, some portions of it are freeway-grade, with grade separation, no tr

Re: [Tagging] paved=yes/no

2010-07-16 Thread Steve Bennett
On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Richard Welty wrote: > from a data modeling perspective, though, it's redundant and thus creates > the opportunity for inconsistency and unresolvable error. Do "data modelling perspectives" normally deal with folksonomies though? By its very nature, the data enter

Re: [Tagging] paved=yes/no

2010-07-16 Thread John Smith
On 17 July 2010 14:55, Steve Bennett wrote: > Do "data modelling perspectives" normally deal with folksonomies > though? By its very nature, the data entered by OSM editors is far > more susceptible to inconsistency than, say, a corporate database. There is plenty of commercial and government dat