2010/8/23 Pieren <pier...@gmail.com>: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> If that's so, why do we have residential at all? Why not just use >> unclassified? > > 'residential' was originaly created for residential areas only. But many > contributors use it extensively for all minor urban roads. So I just > consider 'residential' and 'unclassified' as equal (although personally I > use 'residential' only for its original purpose).
I see a difference in the connection level: (top->down) ... tertiary -> unclassified -> residential -> service ... BTW: you will find mostly all 'residentials' in the build-up area. André _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging