Changeset mix-up, proper comment is: [Kauswagan, Panabo City] surface updated

+ [Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija] floating roads reviewed, missing access restrictions fixed #Kaart

Thank you for fixing. Keep up the good work! =)

Hey bambambiram, sometimes the suggested locations of the schools are a bit off. You can always check the address tags to see if the coordinates are near the right barangay or municipality. This one was about 80 km away, but I fixed it already =)

Good day. The store that you added here is in the middle of the road and it lacks proper tagging. It seems like you copied the location and many others from Google Maps. Unfortunately this data is under a license that is not compatible with OSM.

Is all of the data that you added from Google or did you also use other sources?

Good day nandi_ram, please watch out for noexit=yes before adding missing links. (noexit=*)

Good evening JPBaje. You're adding a lot of shops and amenities. Did you visit all of them yourself or are you using information from another map or database? If so please mention the source in your changeset comments. Also please have a look at this page: osm.wiki/Good_changeset_comments

Thanks for the revert. Tertiary roads transitioning to unclassified are very common, especially in mountainous areas. Usually there is a lot of traffic from villages downwards towards the city, but almost no traffic to the farms further uphill or to villages that are on the other side of steep river valleys.

Good day ruthikdhoni,

Ways 487023332, 666813290, 871160306 and 871160306 are all very rough unpaved road sections that are barely passable by cars. Tertiary really doesn't seem like the right choice.

way/173057391 on the other side connects the barangay proper of Kilate to the greater network and should therefore be tagged as tertiary according to the Philippines mapping conventions.

Assessing the classification of roads can be difficult from aerial imagery alone. Before up- or downgrading please check way histories to see if existing classifications might have been sourced from on the ground surveys.

Road classifications in open street maps follow clear guidelines that are defined by the community. Please read the osm.wiki/Philippines/Mapping_conventions before adding or editing roads. Also please use proper changeset comments that describe what edits you made.

May I ask from which sources you added these river and creek names? You only mentioned bing aerial imagery as a source, please always mention all sources when uploading changesets.

Also rivers should have a continuous classification, not alternating like the ones that you added here.

Good day. Based on which source did you add this road construction? I live nearby and I've never seen any signs of it nor have I heard of any plans for such a project.

Hey KohlBaba. They're almost definitely barangays as Malibcong is divided into 12 of those. But I agree with your argument about remoteness. While the road might be of higher importance than the other unclassifieds further east, it would be of lower than average importance for a tertiary. Thanks again and have a nice day!

Thank you for your reconsideration. Use of tertiary/secondary depends a lot on the population density of a particular area. The general rule of thumb seems to be that a town with a population of 10'000+ has a secondary road leading to the poblacion and then multiple tertiary roads leading to the various barangays with populations of 500+ (that's about the size of Licuaan-Bay Poblacion, roughly 100 houses). And then a bunch of unclassified roads connecting the remaining minor settlements.

In a very small and remote towns like Licuaan-Bay everything is just shifted down by one class. I.e. tertiary for the poblacion, unclassified for some barangays and often just paths or tracks for the most remote barangays and sitios.

In the example of Malibcong I'd suggest to further extend the tertiary classification all the way to the settlement at node/8416782255 as this road directly connects three of the major settlements of the town and additionaly serves as a collector road for people coming from all other settlements.

Good day KohlBaba. I'm curious about why you downgraded this road to unclassified. According to the Philippines mapping conventions it would even fulfill some of the criteria for secondary classification, but considering the small size of the town the previous tertiary classification seemed to be well-thought-out.

Same goes for way/903660336. While it might be difficult to assess from aerial imagery alone, on the ground this is clearly a tertiary road.

Hello Chiricahua. According to the osm wiki residential roads serve as an access to housing, without function of connecting settlements. This road is obviously a direct connection of the village of Toril to the greater road network. Further this road also connects to the villages of Libuak, Cogon, San Antonio so tertiary seems to be the appropriate classification.

Good day AntelopeCliif. Assessing the classification of roads can be difficult from aerial imagery alone. In this changeset you upgraded a private driveway as well as unpaved tracks not passable to any car to unclassified. I reverted these changes. When remotely mapping roads please check way histories to see if existing classifications might have been sourced from actual on the ground surveys. Thank you.

Hi TaraRiverCanyon, Tawan-tawan is a very populous village with nearly 4000 residents. The way that you are referring to is of equal significance as any other parts of its tertiary road network.

Hi QhapacNan, I think tertiary is the appropriate classification for this road as it serves as a busy main road for the residents of several hundred households. San Agustin is tagged as a hamlet because it is a Sitio politically subordinated to the Barangay of Daliaon Plantation, but de facto it is a village on its own.