I would like to bring to your attention an important issue regarding your rendering of OpenStreetMap unknown roads data (highway=road).
According to the OpenStreetMap wiki, the tag highway=road is intended for temporary use for roads/paths that have not yet been surveyed.
This can encompass a wide range of paths, from hiking trails to major motorways.
When a particular renderer needs to display these roads, it is advisable to make them visually distinct from other rendered ways to avoid confusion.
For an humanitarian-focused renderer like yours, there is no necessity to display highway=road tags. Displaying these unsurveyed or potentially erroneous roads and trails could mislead end-users.
For reference, all other non-Standard layers found on OpenStreetMap site, have already implemented solutions to hide these tags by default. We recommend adopting a similar approach to enhance the accuracy and reliability of your maps.
I would like to bring to your attention an important issue regarding your rendering of OpenStreetMap unknown roads data (
highway=road
).According to the OpenStreetMap wiki, the tag highway=road is intended for temporary use for roads/paths that have not yet been surveyed.
This can encompass a wide range of paths, from hiking trails to major motorways.
When a particular renderer needs to display these roads, it is advisable to make them visually distinct from other rendered ways to avoid confusion.
For an humanitarian-focused renderer like yours, there is no necessity to display
highway=road
tags. Displaying these unsurveyed or potentially erroneous roads and trails could mislead end-users.For reference, all other non-Standard layers found on OpenStreetMap site, have already implemented solutions to hide these tags by default. We recommend adopting a similar approach to enhance the accuracy and reliability of your maps.
Sources:
Steps to reproduce
highway=road
segment from the results.Sample:
Actual result
The
highway=road
segments appear as a small minor road.Expected result
Ideally, segments tagged with
highway=road
should not be visible until an OSM mapper surveys and classifies or removes them.Official OpenStreetMap wiki guidelines