Hello Novelgomez.

I saw your updates in this changeset labeled "calle urbanas y vía en construcción”. My changes were intended to reflect the sections still under construction by tagging them as highway:proposed=secondary to indicate their future classification once the coastal road opens, while retaining their current status as highway=residential.
New imagery along the coast of Pedernales from just a few days ago (October 10th, 2025) shows no paving along the road way/1388891373 and breaks in the continuation of the it at 18.031125383211602, -71.75316437281425 and 18.032167530490526, -71.75715555175844. Would you consider the construction=secondary for this section of road as that would be more in line with OSM’s construction tagging guidelines (construction=*)?

However, if you know the road will be completed and open soon and would like to retain the highway=secondary classification, would you consider adding access=no tags until it is fully open?
Thank you for your consideration on this.
Best, RiverBearings

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Hola Novelgomez.

Vi tus actualizaciones en este conjunto de cambios denominado "Calle urbana y vía en construcción". Mis cambios buscaban reflejar los tramos aún en construcción, etiquetándolos como highway:proposed=secondary para indicar su futura clasificación una vez que se abra la carretera costera, manteniendo su estado actual como highway=residential.
Nuevas imágenes a lo largo de la costa de Pedernales de hace unos días (10 de octubre de 2025) muestran la carretera sin pavimentar (way/1388891373) y cortes en su continuación en 18.031125383211602, -71.75316437281425 y 18.032167530490526, -71.75715555175844. ¿Consideraría la clasificación "construcción=secundaria" para este tramo de carretera, ya que se ajustaría mejor a las directrices de etiquetado de construcción de OSM (construction=*)?

Sin embargo, si sabe que la carretera se completará y abrirá pronto y desea mantener la clasificación "carretera=secundaria", ¿consideraría añadir etiquetas "acceso=sin" hasta que esté completamente abierta?

Gracias por su consideración.
Atentamente, RiverBearings

Hello J00SECI. I made the upgrade to primary to agree with the main route of the NIC-62 to the portions of Carretera Litoral del Pacífico that were changed to primary by others. Since only parts of Carretera Litoral del Pacífico are upgraded as multiple lane paved roads, do you think that it’s classification should be down-graded as well to secondary class since the highway policy page (highway=*) indicates that "highway=* distinguishes roads by function and importance rather by their physical characteristic and legal classification”? It is odd to have short sections of primary classed road isolated as it currently is in my opinion. And that secondary classification would seem to match its current use (until the full route’s construction is complete). Please let me know what you think on this subject.
Best, RiverBearings.

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Hola J00SECI. He actualizado la clasificación a primaria para que coincida con la ruta principal de la NIC-62 hacia los tramos de la Carretera Litoral del Pacífico que otros han cambiado a primaria. Dado que solo algunos tramos de la Carretera Litoral del Pacífico se han actualizado como vías pavimentadas de varios carriles, ¿cree que también debería reducirse su clasificación a secundaria, ya que la página de políticas viales (osm.wiki/ES:Key:highway) indica que “highway=* clasifica las vías según su función e importancia en lugar de sus características físicas o de su clasificación lega"? En mi opinión, es extraño tener tramos cortos de carretera de clasificación primaria aislados como está actualmente. Y esa clasificación secundaria parece coincidir con su uso actual (hasta que se complete la construcción de la ruta completa). Por favor, dígame qué opina al respecto. Saludos cordiales, RiverBearings.

Guvani. Gracias por su respuesta. Tenía curiosidad si conocía alguna página wiki de OSM con las pautas de clasificación para la República Dominicana. En osm.wiki/ES:Rep%C3%BAblica_Dominicana & osm.wiki/Dominican_Republic, no hay nada específico sobre las reglas de clasificación de carreteras.

En la mayoría de los países de OSM, la clasificación de las carreteras está determinada por la relativa "función e importancia de la carretera, más bien por sus características físicas y clasificación legal" (highway=*#Usage). ¿Existe algún consenso con la comunidad OSM de República Dominicana para establecer pautas de clasificación por conteo de carriles? ¿O crear pautas de clasificación documentadas basadas en esa regla?

Lo pregunto porque el equipo de datos de Apple (#adt) tiene que mapear los estándares nacionales establecidos y documentados o, en ausencia de ellos, los principales estándares de clasificación de carreteras de OSM. Y en este caso, la ruta estaría mejor unificada como primaria debido a su importancia relativa en la red general al ser la ruta principal entre Miches y Friusa.

Gracias por tu consideración.
- RiverBearings

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Guvani. Thanks for your reply. I was curious if you knew of any OSM wiki page with the classification guidelines for the Dominican Republic. On osm.wiki/ES:Rep%C3%BAblica_Dominicana & osm.wiki/Dominican_Republic, there is nothing specific to road classification rules.

In the majority of OSM countries, road classification is determined by the road’s relative 'function and importance rather by their physical characteristic and legal classification” (highway=*#Usage). Is there any consensus with the larger the Dominican Republic’s OSM community to establish classification guidelines by lane count? Or to create documented classification guidelines based on that rule?

I am asking because the Apple Data Team (#adt) has to map to established and documented country standards or in absence of those, the main OSM highway classification standards. And in this case, the route would be better unified as primary due to its relative importance in the overall network as it is the main route between Miches and Friusa.

Thanks for your consideration.
- RiverBearings.

Hola Guvani. Noté que recientemente bajaste la carretera Miches - Punta Cana de ’trunk' a ’secondary'. Tenía curiosidad si cree que una clasificación primaria es más apropiada ya que esta es la ruta principal de Miches a Friusa y hace la transición a una troncal en el Bulevar Turístico del Este (en Friusa). Si estás de acuerdo puedo actualizar esa clasificación. ¡Gracias y que tenga un buen día!

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Hello Guvani. I noticed that you downgraded the highway Miches - Punta Cana from trunk to secondary recently. I was curious if you think that a primary classification is more appropriate since this the major route from Miches to Friusa and transitions to a trunk on Bulevar Turístico del Este (in Friusa). If you agree I can update that classification. Thanks and have a good day!

Yes. I noticed that user changed the directionality but saw you added the restriction (relation/16126686) to the bridge 'Ponte Governador Vilson Pedro Kleinübing’ and thought you might know what is going on there. But all good. Thanks for the info.

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Sim. Percebi que o usuário mudou a direcionalidade, mas vi que você adicionou a restrição (relation/16126686) à ponte 'Ponte Governador Vilson Pedro Kleinübing' e pensei que você poderia saber o que está acontecendo lá. Mas tudo bem. Obrigado pela informação.

Obrigado pela informação Adriano! Se as estradas mudarem novamente após o feedback do residente de que essa configuração não é ideal, tenho certeza de que você atualizará mais rápido do que poderíamos verificar. Obrigado por isso e boa sorte em seu mapeamento!

Hello adrianojbr! Hope you are doing well. I wanted to get your opinion on a recent oneway change on a section of Rua Gustavo Bernedet (way/1191949596 & way/399141501) just north of the Ponte Governador Vilson Pedro Kleinübing bridge (way/135631748).

Mapillary shows a bidirectional street there (https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-26.8999155&lng=-48.700852083333&z=17&pKey=503031404212986&focus=photo) but is from 2017. There is also a no left turn restriction (relation/16126685) that you added recently that in conjunction with the new oneway would make it difficult for south bound traffic on Rua Gustavo Bernedet (way/903544949) to reach the bridge without first navigating to Avenida Mário Uriarte (way/903544948), then next Rua Francisco Reis (way/316279196) and finally Avenida Agostinho Alves Ramos (way/540074556) before taking a right turn on the bridge.

Do you know of this is the intended route for south bound traffic on Rua Gustavo Bernedet or are more changes to the road data necessary? Thank you for your insights.

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Olá Adrianojbr! Espero que você esteja bem. Eu queria saber sua opinião sobre uma recente mudança de mão única em um trecho da Rua Gustavo Bernedet (way/1191949596 & way/399141501) ao norte de a Ponte Governador Vilson Pedro Kleinübing (way/135631748).

Mapillary mostra uma rua bidirecional lá (https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-26.8999155&lng=-48.700852083333&z=17&pKey=503031404212986&focus=photo), mas é de 2017. Também não há restrição de conversão à esquerda ( relation/16126685) que você adicionou recentemente que em conjunto com a nova via única dificultaria o tráfego no sentido sul na Rua Gustavo Bernedet (way/ 903544949) para chegar à ponte sem primeiro navegar pela Avenida Mário Uriarte (way/903544948), depois pela próxima Rua Francisco Reis (way/316279196) e finalmente a Avenida Agostinho Alves Ramos (way/540074556) antes de virar à direita na ponte.

Você sabe que esta é a rota pretendida para o tráfego no sentido sul na Rua Gustavo Bernedet ou são necessárias mais alterações nos dados da estrada? Obrigado por seus insights.

Hello GermanDeaf, I have noticed several motorway upgrades along route PY02 and PY03 in OSM that appear to be associated with construction projects by the Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones de Paraguay. I have come across some articles about these projects on the internet and I am eager to learn more. I am hoping you could provide some assistance with this matter.

I am curious if some of the at-grade intersections with minor roads, such as Coronel Juan Porta O’Higgins (way/732343174) and Mayor Isidoro Jara Cardozo (way/276750809 ), along route PY03, have undergone any changes and are no longer present? The OSM wiki page on motorways (highway=motorway) describe that motorways should be reserved for controlled access high-capacity roads. If these intersections remain, do you think that the trunk classification would be more appropriate? Similar suggestions apply to route PY02 and intersections with residential connections like way/164754451 and way/198437399. If these connections have changed or are changing in the future, could you kindly provide any relevant resources that document when construction begins and is completed? This will allow me to make the necessary updates to junctions, access, and route changes as needed.

Lastly, If you are a local resident of the area and have the means to visit any of these junctions to capture Mapillary imagery, it would greatly assist the larger community in mapping more cohesively. Thanks for your time and hope to hear back from you.

- RiverBearings

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Hola GermanDeaf, he notado varias mejoras en la autopista a lo largo de la ruta PY02 y PY03 en OSM que parecen estar asociadas con proyectos de construcción del Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones de Paraguay. He encontrado algunos artículos sobre estos proyectos en Internet y estoy ansioso por aprender más. Espero que usted pueda proporcionar alguna ayuda con este asunto.

Tengo curiosidad por saber si algunas de las intersecciones a nivel con vías secundarias, como Coronel Juan Porta O'Higgins (way/732343174) y Mayor Isidoro Jara Cardozo (https://www. openstreetmap.org/way/276750809 ), a lo largo de la ruta PY03, han sufrido cambios y ya no están presentes? La página wiki de OSM sobre autopistas (highway=motorway) describe que las autopistas deben reservarse para carreteras de alta capacidad con acceso controlado. Si se mantienen estas intersecciones, ¿crees que la clasificación troncal sería más adecuada? Se aplican sugerencias similares a la ruta PY02 y las intersecciones con conexiones residenciales como way/164754451 y way/198437399. Si estas conexiones han cambiado o están cambiando en el futuro, ¿podría proporcionar algún recurso relevante que documente cuándo comienza y finaliza la construcción? Esto me permitirá realizar las actualizaciones necesarias en los cruces, el acceso y los cambios de ruta según sea necesario.

Por último, si usted es un residente local del área y tiene los medios para visitar cualquiera de estos cruces para capturar imágenes de Mapillary, ayudaría mucho a la comunidad en general a mapear de manera más cohesiva. Gracias por su tiempo y espero tener noticias suyas.

Hola Ovruni. Gracias por mencionar estos problemas de alineación. He respondido al mensaje en changeset/135176267 con más detalles. Que tenga un buen día.
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Hello Ovruni. Thank you for bringing up these alignment issues. I've responded to the message on changeset/135176267 with more detial. Have a good day.

Hola Ovruni. Gracias por mencionar estos problemas de alineación. Siempre apreciamos cuando la comunidad local se comunica con comentarios que permiten que nuestro mapeo sea más preciso y esté en línea con las preferencias locales y las prácticas de mapeo. Gracias nuevamente por informar a nuestro equipo sobre la preferencia Beta de ESRI World Imagery (Clarity) en Lima y Maxar Premium Imagery en las áreas rurales circundantes en la lista de conversación y en otros lugares. Esto fue un malentendido por parte de algunos miembros del equipo. Quedará claro que solo debemos usar Esri World Imagery Clarity (Beta) y no usar ESRI World Imagery en Lima. Gracias por su ayuda en la revisión de los datos de carreteras recientes en Lima, y háganos saber si tiene más inquietudes.
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Hello Ovruni. Thank you for bringing up these alignment issues. We always appreciate when the local community reaches out with feeback that allows our mapping to be more accurate and in line with local preferences and mapping practices. Thank you again for making our team aware of the ESRI World Imagery (Clarity) Beta preference in Lima and Maxar Premium Imagery in the surrounding rural areas on the talk list and elsewhere. This was a misunderstanding by some team members. It will be made clear that we are only to use Esri World Imagery Clarity (Beta) and not to use ESRI World Imagery in Lima. Thanks for your assistance in reviewing the recent highway data in Lima, and please let us know if you have any further concerns.

Santamariense. Thanks for letting me know. I am always interested in the data trends and resolutions that you and the Brazil community come up with. I would agree with your tagging proposal of a note:name tag. note=* specifies that a note prefix on any specific key is a preferred way to add context to specific features. Thanks again. RiverBearings.

Olá santamariense. O usuário Condado não faz mais parte da nossa equipe, mas posso ajudar com sua dúvida. Eu não vi essa tag antes e não sei o uso pretendido. No entanto, depois de olhar para os dados, notei algumas coisas.

Primeiro, o usuário MarvinMep (@MarvinMep) adicionou essa marcação não apenas à estrada chamada 'Rua da Frente (NR)' na versão 1 de 9 anos atrás (https:// www.openstreetmap.org/way/287418668/history), mas muitos outros. Pelas consultas via viaduto, parece que esse usuário adicionou 125 caminhos individuais com 104 nomes diferentes que terminam em “… (NR)”.

[way/266224862, way/266224863, way/279673002, way/279673001, way/266224861, way/279673007, way/266224858, way/279673006, way/279673005, way/266224856, way/2791224855, w3 way/87345698, way/259481184, way/272931933, way/279673010, way/279659191, way/279673014, way/279659190, way/279673013, way/279659189, way/279673012, way/310396575, way/2209122 , way/258788172, way/309126221, way/309126222, way/257653368, way/309126217, way/309126215, way/257653366, way/273637503, way/259856204, way/273637502, way/2936379013, way/259856204, way/22056, way/25836, way/25836 , way/259856200, way/259856203, way/259856202, way/259856197, way/309126229, way/259856196, way/259856199, way/259856198, way/384221149, way/309126224, way/309126225, w320 , way/266224865, way/309126227, way/273639433, way/166303907, way/313731301, way/166303880, way/320603757, way/233926543, way/279651882, way/279671080, way/309236491278, way/2871278, way/2871278 , way/307815880, way/259490534, way/166303864, way/259490532, way/260056852, way/259490530, way/260056853, way/259490529, way/46533456, way/260056854, way/259490525, way/259490508, w2550 , way/260056856, way/260056857, way/279671090, way/260056858, way/260056859, way/260056860, way/259490538, way/314900058, way/307815878, way/259490536, way/3078158979, way/25949, way/25925 , way/259490525, way/259490524, way/259490523, way/273633277, way/273633275, way/273633273, way/273633271, way/386887095, way/273633270, way/335755961, way/2736332691, way/27591, w275 , way/69489124, way/273637519, way/273637518, way/260550980, way/273637514, way/273637510, way/273637508, way/273637507, way/273637521, way/273637520, way/259856257, way/255984, way/25556257, way/255985, way/255985 way/256858538, way/259855258, way/259855253, way/259855255, way/259855249, way/259855248, way/259855251, way/259855250, way/259855247, way/256858549, way/314906458, way/47688 , way/253170666]

No perfil consta que trabalham na Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro. Presumo que seja a designação de um tipo de estrada e que pode ser melhor como outra tag além de adicionar como o final do nome de uma estrada. Mas o MarvinMep provavelmente seria capaz de responder a essas perguntas. Espero que ajude. Melhor.
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Hello santamariense. The user Condado is no longer part of our team, but I can assist with your question. I have not seen this tag before and do not know the intended use. However, after looking at the data I noticed a few things.

First, the user MarvinMep (@MarvinMep) added this tagging to not only to the road named 'Rua da Frente (NR)’ in version 1 from 9 years ago (way/287418668/history) but many others. It looks like from overpass queries that this user has added 125 individual ways with 104 different names that end in “… (NR)”.

Their profile states that they work at Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall. I assume it is a designation of a type of road and that might be better as another tag apart from adding in as the end of a road name. But MarvinMep would probably be able to answer these questions. Hope that helps. Best.

Thank you Henri! Looks great. Happy mapping (and river rafting!)

Hello Henri Riehs. I saw that you modeled the Rio de Bóia as a ferry route. The ferry route tag - osm.wiki/Tag%3Aroute%3Dferry - "maps a ferry or water bus route on the sea, rivers, or other waterways. Ferries are a form of public transport that operate to connect road networks and to provide passenger service much like bus service”.

For river paddle craft, a better tagging scheme would be to assign it the tag route=canoe (osm.wiki/Tag%3Aroute%3Dcanoe) - which is a "route for canoes, kayaks, or other paddle craft”. The additional tag to identify it for rafting would be attraction=river_rafting (attraction=river_rafting). I wanted to see if you agree before I updated this feature however. Thanks for your time.

Olá alanvictor95. Percebi que você adicionou access=no ao segmento da ponte da Avenida Felizardo Firmino Moura (way/181148638) e adicionou a etiqueta de nota que leva a mais informações. Ao ler esse artigo, eles afirmam que há horários de fechamento da estrada durante o dia durante a semana, mas alguns horários podem estar abertos. Tem alguma informação sobre esse aspecto do acesso condicional na estrada?

Se a ponte está praticamente fechada, mas permite algum acesso à noite, você acha que, em vez de access=no tags, pode haver algum access:condicional ou restrição:condicional tags (osm.wiki/wiki/ Conditional_restrictions) para restringir o tráfego durante essas horas?

Além disso, o artigo menciona que a construção terminará em março de 2024. Você sabe se isso será em etapas ou se as restrições ao longo da ponte durarão esse período? Obrigado pela ajuda em entender o que está acontecendo na Avenida Felizardo Firmino Moura. Melhor - RiverBearings
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Hello alanvictor95. I noticed that you added access=no to the bridge segment of Avenida Felizardo Firmino Moura (way/181148638) and added the note tag that links to more information. From reading that article, they state that there are closing hours for the road in the daytime throughout the week but some hours may be open. Do you have any information on that aspect of the conditional access on the road?

If the bridge is mostly closed but does allow some access at night, do you think that instead of access=no tags there instead could be some access:conditional or restriction:conditional tags (osm.wiki/Conditional_restrictions) to restrict traffic during those hours?

Also, the article mentions that construction will finish in March of 2024. Do you know if this will be in stages or the restrictions along the bridge will span that length of time? Thank you for your help in understanding what is happening on Avenida Felizardo Firmino Moura. Best - RiverBearings

Gracias AgusQui

Hello praeteritum. Thanks for getting updating me on this and that sounds good! Good luck and thanks for getting corrections from all the changes made with a non-ODbL-compliant source. Best.

Agusqui. Hola. Gracias por su explicación de las clasificaciones sobre la avenida Concordia. ¿Eso es una practica de mapeo común sobre todo el pais? Gracias por su asistencia en ayudarme a entender esto.

AgusQui. Hello. Thank you for your explanation of these avenue classifications in Concordia. Is that a common mapping practice country-wide? Thanks for your assistance in aiding my understanding here.

Hello muralito. My goal in this change was to unify some of the broken classifications in Concordia & Salto. I will leave the classifications as you have them now but do you think that roads like way/598631853 & way/1137031299 currently classified as secondary could be unified to their connecting roads (in this case tertiary)? Curious about your thoughts on those cases. Thank you!

Hola praeteritum. Observé en la localidad de Diriamba que revertiste algunas de las adiciones y modificaciones de datos incorrectos por parte de joserrg12. Estos errores de datos son similares a los problemas causados en Sudán del Sur (changeset/109475684) por joserrg12.

Gracias por abordarlos con sus reversiones; sin embargo, se produjeron algunos errores en un conjunto de cambios anterior, como changeset/59317166. En ese conjunto de cambios, joserrg12 incluyó algunas actualizaciones de troncales incorrectas desde residencial, así como algunos cambios de nombre. Al volver a changeset/131830148, esto dejó segmentos troncales aislados como way/158614715 en los datos.

Además de las clasificaciones deficientes, también existen lagunas en la red de carreteras que solían existir, como la carretera residencial que falta de node/1707778128 a node/ 1707778096, que posteriormente deja caminos desconectados aislados como way/591389110.

Revertir el primer conjunto de cambios de este usuario en changeset/59317166 resolvería algunos de estos problemas de datos y los demás podrían solucionarse con una validación de JOSM. Tengo curiosidad si está planeando más reversiones en esta área y otras afectadas por joserrg12. Las validaciones de datos podrían hacerse después si es así.

Gracias y espero escuchar de nuevo. ¡Mejor! - RiverBearings

Hello praeteritum . I noticed in the town of Diriamba that you reverted some of the incorrect data additions and modifications by joserrg12. These data errors are similar to the issues caused in South Sudan (changeset/109475684) by joserrg12.

Thank you for addressing these with your reversions, however some errors occurred in an earlier changeset such as changeset/59317166. In that changeset, joserrg12 included some incorrect trunk upgrades from residential as well as some name changes. By reverting in changeset/131830148, this left isolated trunk segments like way/158614715 in the data.

In addition to the poor classifications, also gaps in the road network that used to exist such as the missing residential road from node/1707778128 to node/1707778096, which subsequently leaves isolated disconnected roads like way/591389110.

Reverting the first changeset of this user in changeset/59317166 would solve some of these data issues and the others could be fixed with a JOSM validation. I am curious if you are planning further reversions in this area and others affected by joserrg12? Data validations could be done after if so.

Thanks and looking forward to hearing back. Best! - RiverBearings