2. I
Very Important
always map these
1. Record geometries of roads and ways
2. Highway type (motorway, primary, residential, …)
3. May bridges and tunnels, and assign proper layer to them.
4. Road names.
II
Important
try to map these if
possible
1. One-way streets, plazas.
2. Road numbers
3. For cycleways, footpaths: designated yes or no?
4. Distinctive points of interest (churches, restaurants, fire or police stations, pharmacies, playgrounds,
parking) – as nodes only, initially.
III
Of Interest
map these if
possible
1. Traffic restrictions like speed limit (maxspeed), maximum heights, and entry restrictions.
2. Streetcar tracks and lines.
3. Perhaps add information about road quality (surface, tracktype).
4. Simple areas (parks, village greens, parking).
IV
Free Style
on the second
visit, or if time left
1. Lights, pedestrian crossings.
2. Cycleways and walkways running parallel to the street, perhaps even with their own geometry.
3. Bus stops and bus lines.
4. Distinctive buildings mapped as areas.
5. Other areas (cemeteries, woodland, land use).
6. Bodies of water.
V
Luxury
if you really have a
lot of time
1. House numbers
2. Turn restriction relations.
3. All buildings.
OpenStreetMap - suggestion of tagging priorities
Adopted from Frederik Ramm, Jochen Topf, Steve Chilton (2011)