Hi,
personally I would not expect to see any roads of a higher class than
"tertiary" in Antarctica. I would expect something like the 5% or 10%
most important roads (by total length) to be tertiary, and then assign
unclassified/service to the rest.
Should the classification of highways in Antarctica:
1. Follow country-specific conventions near stations?
No as the country-specific conventions will not have been made with
Antarctica in mind
2. Follow generic OSM definitions based on absolute population
thresholds of the places they connect? (10k+ people for town, 1k for
village, 100 for hamlet, etc.) This will assign very low road classes
across the continent.
No as it would probably lead to seeing nothing above "track" ;)
3. Follow generic OSM definitions based on lower place population
thresholds that are more compatible with the reality of the continent,
based on regional importance? [4] The result may be perceived by some
as assigning higher than normal highway classes to the connections
between these small settlements.
Yes but I wouldn't mechanically approach this with any objective
"thresholds" based on numbers. As long as you don't end up tagging
secondary roads up there, just go with tertiary for the important ones
and follow down from there.
Additionally, should the permanent population be considered
I don't think population should come into it.
Bye
Frederik
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