Changeset: 146010284
Tagged expressway, added gantries, substation, bridge areas
Closed by Falsernet
Tags
changesets_count | 15986 |
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created_by | iD 2.27.3 |
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imagery_used | Bing Maps Aerial |
locale | en-GB |
warnings:mismatched_geometry:area_as_line | 1 |
Discussion
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Comment from spiregrain
Hi There - I see you have tagged this as an Expressway. Do you have a source for that? Asking because there was a recent online discussion about UK Expressways on reddit, and the consensus seemed to be that there are no UK roads that have been designated as Expressways yet.
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Comment from Falsernet
Hi. I can acknowledge the lack of official expressway classification. However the tag is appropriate here according to the OSM wiki ( https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:expressway ).
I added the tag here specifically as the road meets the criteria of it being a dual carriageway, having controlled/limited access i.e. sliproads, and having a relatively high travel speed.
I am adding the tag more widely as the classification of roads in the UK (e.g. highway=trunk) doesn't reflect the design and features of a road, but instead the strategic classification choices by government entities. This is unlike the tagging in other countries which tag based on their opinions. For example in France, there are breaks in otherwise highway=trunk routes just because the road is a single carriageway for a short stretch.
In short, this isn't a tag introduced to reflect a formal classification, but to reflect the high-speed design features of a road, where the highway=* key covers the formal classification already.
Cheers,
Sam. -
Comment from spiregrain
Thank you. I hadn't heard of expressways until a few days ago, when I stumbled upon a reddit thread on the subject. THEN your changeset popped up on my osmcha feed.
Understand what you've down now and it makes sense to me.
Here's that thread- https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/18vamz6/uk_expressways/
Cheers,
Ken
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