Russia is an example of this, they have many unpaved quarternary and quinary roads.
07-05-2018 21:13 tarihinde Kevin Kenny yazdı: > On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 12:47 PM, yo paseopor <yopaseo...@gmail.com > <mailto:yopaseo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > The topic is the classification of OSM is not the same as > countries have, and this make troubles. An UNCLASSIFIED road as > its name says it is unclassified...but when you need some road > classification with a step more than tertiary then you use > unclassified, and if the road has ref...you put in then. Why don't > you reorder the tertiary roads? They also catch your less thant > tertiary roads in your country. Also it is the same problem with > trunk or primary: whatis the difference between trunk of one lane > per direction and a primary road? Also you have the issue if you > consider the administrative classification as we do some > countries: a trunk may be a trunk because being managed by one > specific administration? WTF? Is it good for the map? All the > roads by a local administration should be unclassified? It is a > complicated problem. I suggest to reclassify the other roads in > their grades to make unclassified roads unclassified as the name > says it. > > > One issue is that we have the "UK English is the language of tagging" > rule - which widely gets interpreted as "highway classification must > be force-fit into the UK system." The US system presents a complex > problem for this, since most highway classification is delegated to > the states, and they all have their own local schemes. > > In many counties in the US, rural roads are unnamed and have only > reference numbers. A farm road may be "County Road 2200N" (which is a > different classification from, say, "County Highway 23", and typically > shown only on small blade signs, not banner signs) or "State Farm and > Market Road #2134". As I understand it, it would fit pretty closely > with what "unclassified" roads - which are a formal classification in > the UK! - are understood to be. > > Near where I live, numbered 'US', 'State' and many 'County' roads do > NOT reflect the governing body - they are all managed by the state > department of transportation. Historically, they had other structures, > but responsibilities were reallocated. The 'US' highway numbers are > coordinated with neighbouring states, but the administration is by the > state. There are also numbered but (nearly) unsigned 'reference > routes' also maintained by the state to 'State' highway standards. I > say 'nearly' unsigned because they do often have inconspicuous > chaining markers with their numbers. > > Rather than labeling the governing body, the 'US', 'State' and > 'County' designations around here reflect the grade of importance, > expected level of traffic and expected quality of maintenance. Given > that the designation reflects relative importance rather than > administrative jurisdiction, despite the labeling, I'm comfortable > with having US, State, and County numbered roads be 'primary', > 'secondary' and 'tertiary' - but in the places where the counties > number virtually every road, there is a need for a tier below > 'tertiary' - and 'unclassified' seems to be it; it's a working > category that might otherwise be 'quaternary.' > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
