I can understand the need for distinction, however. Many suburban areas have the streets laid out in a tree structure, rather than a grid. The feeder streets that are the main routes into and out of the neighborhoods have residences along them, but generally wider than the side-streets, and sometimes have a higher speed limit. Sometimes these streets will have a mix of residences, small businesses, and professional offices such as dentist's offices and doctor's offices.
-------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [Tagging] Another classification needed for minorurban/suburban collectors? >From :mailto:riedel.an...@gmail.com Date :Mon Aug 23 05:59:20 America/Chicago 2010 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 -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
