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> On Aug 7, 2015, at 3:59 PM, geow <ks...@web.de> wrote: > > non-native English mappers may > have different assumptions of what is semantically implied or what is usable > according to their region. Tell me about it - I live and map in Japan. And their rules on =trunk through =secondary definitions are different than most other countries mapped in OSM because they follow Japanese mapping convention where the legal name /shield designation of the road is the *only* information for determining which kind of road it is tagged as - 1.5 lane "primary" road a hundred years old next to a 4 lane "tertiary" bypass built 10 years ago to go around the narrow primary is common. It leads to a lot of errors and horrible navigation problems (in Apple Maps and Google Maps) because they rely on the legal standing more than lanes or width when routing - so i know they have a place and a Job - but you cannot declare every road is highway=main and then base everything on lanes, width, and smoothness. What highway=* value is given to a way is the most important tag it can receive, and there is not a sub-tag that even comes close to its importance - to mappers, renders, routers, or map viewers. It is king. And =path is too muddled to be used properly, and should be narrowed/depreciated over time. Javbw _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
