On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 23:23, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks, Paul - I don't disagree with a word you said, except maybe the > importance of road construction? > It's complicated, but you understand the difference between a motorway (or whatever it is called where you are) and a dirt track. > > I mentioned "performance" & "importance" as they are the definitions used > for highway=trunk > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrunk > Doesn't mean those are universally applicalbe. Those are largely UK definitions. They are basically routeing definitions. An A-road is a good way of getting from A to B and a B-road is a worse way of doing it, Depending upon whether your metric is shortest distance or best road surface or fastest speed if there is no other traffic or,,, > > In some of the cases that I'm thinking of, these are the only roads, so > yes, very important. > > But that's still a routeing question. Yeah, it's the only way from A to B. But it's still a dirt track, not a motorway. Use the standard query tool to ask how to get from A to B and it will find it. we map dirt tracks between Hell's Bumhole and Arse-end Of Nowhere as > motorways because they're the only way of getting from one place to the > other? No, no, a > thousand times no. > > & yes, yes, a thousand times yes, :-) I agree that they shouldn't be > =motorways, BUT, they should be either =trunk or =primary, because, in this > area, they are the main road, & so are of vital importance! > Nope, it's down to construction/legality. Your "vital/importance" distinction is mere routeing. We in the UK have blurred the distinction between construction/legality issues and routeing. -- Paul
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