OSM TAGS Highway
Can be seen in more detail here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Highway
Possible values: (all in lower case)
- motorway A restricted access major divided highway, normally with 2 or more running lanes plus emergency hard shoulder. Equivalent to the Freeway, Autobahn, etc..
- trunk The most important roads in a country's system that aren't motorways. (Need not necessarily be a divided highway.)
- primary The next most important roads in a country's system. (Often link larger towns.)
- secondary The next most important roads in a country's system. (Often link smaller towns and villages.)
- tertiary The next most important roads in a country's system.
- unclassified The least most important through roads in a country's system
- residential Roads which are primarily lined with and serve as an access to housing.
- living street For living streets, which are residential streets where pedestrians have legal priority over cars, speeds are kept very low and where children are allowed to play on the street.
- service For access roads to, or within an industrial estate, camp site, business park, car park etc.
- motorway_link The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a motorway from/to a motorway or lower class highway. Normally with the same motorway restrictions.
- trunk_link The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a trunk road from/to a trunk road or lower class highway.
- primary_link The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a primary road from/to a primary road or lower class highway.
- secondary_link The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a secondary road from/to a secondary road or lower class highway.
- tertiary_link The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a tertiary road from/to a tertiary road or lower class highway.
- ferryThe route a ferry takes from terminal to terminal Please make sure to add at least one node per tile (zoom level 12), better at least one every few km, so offline editors catch it with bbox requests.
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