Closing roads that don't exist on the basemap/network

[indraneel]

We've received feedback that there's situations where closures need to be created, but the roads they are associated with are not able to be matched to the SharedStreets-referenced road network being used in the Road Closures app.

We might want to add the ability to create extensions to the road network right from the Road Closures app.

[indraneel]

one possible workflow:

• Road closure app adds the ability to draw a segment of road that doesn’t currently exist on the base map, but one that can be inferred by a person looking at the map
• Draw tool will add a new button called “Create” alongside “Search”
• SharedStreets JS will generate a new SharedStreets referenced match based on the points inputted
• Map will show a dashed line between points selected (clearly indicating this is drawn in, not matched)
• Road data in metadata editor will be the same as if the road was retrieved via map matching

Concerns:

• does the entire street geometry have to be drawn? how will users draw in streets accurately?
• would need to be streaming OSM updates + tile updates, instead of just offering custom drawing ability?
• City will have to manually enter street names?
• Will intersections work if the street doesn’t exist on the basemap?