Re: Road Types (USA) – comprehensive overhaul of drivable ro
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:01 am
banished wrote: CR-xx = Primary Street
Waze: outsmarting traffic together
https://www.waze.com/forum/
banished wrote: CR-xx = Primary Street
No, don't ever close an MP as "not identified." IGNs get involved then.voludu2 wrote:Then the style/best practice for this should also clearly state that any MPs which arise as a result should be closed "not identified", just to be clear that we aren't going to let an MP tell us what to do.
Even if there is no sign posted, it's still illegal.irowiki wrote:Tx, we're talking about the ones not marked like that.
It doesn't even have to be a split road.t0cableguy wrote: Consider that as you travel across individual segments of the same type waze does not apply penalties.
In the example above the "correct" crossovers incur a penalty when crossing the divided road,
while the "incorrect" crossovers do not incur a penalty. The incorrect versions actually encourage the routing engine to route across the divided road into the other parking lot instead of immediately turning onto the divided road. Please keep this in mind when mapping these types of roadways to prevent bad routing.
A picture is worth 1000 words. Maybe visual examples would be best applied here.
i'm not sure we want to get too far into best mapping practices though.
Perhaps we can bring this up at the Meetup. I don't see a lot of value debating this when we're mostly debating what to do in a constrained environment that doesn't let us easily handle the difference between well-maintained, low-clearance vehicle worthy, dirt roads and dirt roads that high-clearance 4x4 vehicles can only travel.bart99gt wrote:...You have to think beyond the functional class in this instance and take into consideration the physical characteristic of the road. There is no point in having an avoid dirt road feature if we go about calling them primary streets or highways because that is how the local transportation department classified them....
What really needs to be done is Waze needs to provide a separate "unpaved" checkbox, similar to that of toll roads. ...