Thought I would way in as a wazer newbie on this one. With the search function basically broken I am making some assumptions from reading the wiki.
I make a few assumptions, and please correct me if I am wrong. If a Road does not have enough data by wazers then the road type assumes the road is a certain speed limit. If there is enough data from wazers then it uses the average speed recorded by wazers.
Now what I am not sure of is exactly how it determines traffic congestion. Does it compare the driving wazers speed to:
(A)Road Type speed for the segment or
(B)All Wazers average speed for the road segment
If it is A then I think the speed limit for the road is key. Although, I think that would mean changing the same road to different types over some length which might look a little messy when displayed. I have a road that goes from 50 to 45 to 55 to 45 over a little over 12 miles.
If it is B then I believe that we should just do the following:
Major Road - US Routes (but not Bus. US Routes)
Minor Road - US Bus. Routes and State Routes
Primary Roads - Is trickier. I found GIS maps from the counties I am working on and use that as guidance as to what they consider a primary road. Definitely think this is a judgement call.
I think this issue is #2 behind when to separating roads when it comes to having a defined plan on how to handle roads. If we could get these two issues to a consensus then (me personally) great strides could be made in road building and functionality.
I make a few assumptions, and please correct me if I am wrong. If a Road does not have enough data by wazers then the road type assumes the road is a certain speed limit. If there is enough data from wazers then it uses the average speed recorded by wazers.
Now what I am not sure of is exactly how it determines traffic congestion. Does it compare the driving wazers speed to:
(A)Road Type speed for the segment or
(B)All Wazers average speed for the road segment
If it is A then I think the speed limit for the road is key. Although, I think that would mean changing the same road to different types over some length which might look a little messy when displayed. I have a road that goes from 50 to 45 to 55 to 45 over a little over 12 miles.
If it is B then I believe that we should just do the following:
Major Road - US Routes (but not Bus. US Routes)
Minor Road - US Bus. Routes and State Routes
Primary Roads - Is trickier. I found GIS maps from the counties I am working on and use that as guidance as to what they consider a primary road. Definitely think this is a judgement call.
I think this issue is #2 behind when to separating roads when it comes to having a defined plan on how to handle roads. If we could get these two issues to a consensus then (me personally) great strides could be made in road building and functionality.
Re: Discussion on road/highway types (US)