Hi NaufalFarras,
Thank you for the thorough response, I agree with retaining Jalan Sangkuriang, Encep Kartawiria, and Wiganda Sasmita as highway=primary based on these resources. I believe changing Jalan Pasantren, Daeng Ardiwinata, Margaluyu to highway=secondary is reasonable with these streets being less busier and narrower, and to differentiate these highways from the primary ways in the area.

Hi NaufalFarras,
I noticed you have been changing several tertiary and secondary ways to primary. The OSM Wiki mentions that primary ways are "A major highway linking large towns. In cities, a major arterial road” (highway=primary). While secondary are "highways which are not part of major routes, but nevertheless form a link in the national route network” (highway=secondary). Since several of these highways do link to the national network, but aren’t the major route, would you be open to providing resources you used to make these classification changes or changing these back? I also noticed you have been adding ref tags and I was wondering if you could share resources you used. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Hi Allouche OBAME,
I noticed you have been changing a large stretch of highway from primary to trunk and unclassified. The OSM Wiki for Gabon mentions that highways with RN should be tagged as highway=primary (osm.wiki/WikiProject_Gabon). The OSM Wiki also mentions that primary ways are for "major highway linking large towns” (highway=primary). Based on this would you be open to changing these ways back or providing any resources you used to make these classification changes? Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Hi marek kleciak,
Thank you for responding and providing insight for this area. I will continue to monitor this to make any necessary updates.

Hi Jay May,
I noticed you changed some sections of highway from motorway to trunk. Based on the OSM Wiki (osm.wiki/Malaysian_Roads_Tagging#Expressway), expressways in Malaysia are typically tagged as motorway, especially when they are tolled (highway=motorway#Toll_gates), and this road is named “Second Link Expressway”. Would you please consider changing this area back to highway=motorway?

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you!

Hi Simon Shuvo,
Thank you for responding and adding in construction tags.

Hi marek kleciak,
Thank you for making alignments to the area. I noticed you added in trunk ways around Tribhuvan Rajpath that previously had construction tags and this appears to be under construction in Esri World Imagery. I was wondering if you could share any resources to confirm this is open? If it is not open, would you be willing to change this back to highway=construction and add construction=trunk?
Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you!

Thank you for updating the area, it looks good!

Hi Simon Shuvo,
I noticed the primary way you added, Netrokona Bypass, appears to still be under construction in Bing aerial imagery. Do you have any resources confirming it's open to traffic that you would be able to share? If it is not open yet, would you be willing to update the tagging to highway=construction and add construction=primary?
Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you!

Hi maifeeulasad,
I noticed you added motorways around toll booths. The OSM Wiki mentions for multiple toll booths "where there is physical separation between lines at toll gates, the lines may be mapped as separate highway=* ways. For practical reasons, this is not always done” (barrier=toll_booth#How_to_map).
Since the lanes here don't appear to be physically separated — only the toll booths themselves are — would you consider removing the additional motorways and adding toll=yes on the motorways that leads up to the toll booths?

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you!

Hello andi9876,
I appreciate your openness to community feedback, I am working on communicating with some local mappers and will get back to you regarding their perspectives on the matter. Hope you have a nice day!

Thanks for explaining your reasoning. I wanted to clarify that link roads in OSM are intended for slip roads, ramps, or channelized connectors between highways—not continuous segments of the main route. Using them here goes against standard OSM guidance, which exists to ensure consistency across regions and ensures all users are on the same page regarding tagging preferences. For example, link classification often triggers unnecessary “keep right” or “merge” prompts in navigation, fragments what should display as a continuous through route, and doesn’t benefit lane guidance, which works equally well with base classification. The standard approach better reflects the ground truth and avoids these routing complications.

Would you be open to reverting to base classification, or would it help to get community input on this interpretation? Happy to discuss further.

Hi andi9876,

I noticed you changed some primary ways to primary_link and trunk ways to trunk_link. The OSM Wiki states that "_link tags are used to identify linking ways such as slip roads/ramps and "channelised" (most commonly physically separated) at-grade turning lanes connecting the through carriageways/through lanes of highways to other roadways of all types, where the linking way is not the main line of either of the highways being linked but forms the connection between them” (osm.wiki/Highway_link). The primary ways (way/297937343) and (way/299672647) seem to be the main highway for the "Yothapol Khemarak Phoumin Boulevard (Street 271)” road. The wiki also mentions that " _link tags should also be used for physical channelization of turning traffic lanes at traffic signal junctions and in roundabout designs that physically separate a specific turn from the main roundabout” and trunk_links such as (way/1464267288) and (way/1241872306) seem to be the main line that connects into a roundabout and isn’t physically separated. Based on this, would you be opening to changing these back to highway=primary and highway=trunk?

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you!

Hi jafarbeek,

I noticed a stretch of highway was updated from highway=trunk to highway=motorway in this changeset. The OSM Wiki states that motorways are “a restricted access major divided highway” meaning they are free of traffic signals, intersections, or property access (highway=*). Whereas trunk is for "high-performance or high-importance roads that don't meet the requirements for motorway” (highway=trunk). Since there are several access points along this stretch of highway (node/11938604042, node/11941100969, node/274871454 and node/11948521132), the trunk classification seems more appropriate here. With that in mind, would you be open to changing this back to trunk?

Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.

Hi CSRedu1,

I came across some recent updates in the area regarding road classifications and ref tags. I noticed you added ref tags along several ways such as the primary way (way/39392333). Would you be able to share any resources you used to make the ref and highway hierarchy changes in Mali?

Regarding classifications, I noticed some changes from tertiary, secondary, and trunk ways to primary. The OSM Wiki states that "primary is reserved for major highway linking large towns, but which does not satisfy the performance requirements of a motorway and does not qualify to be trunk" (highway=primary). This primary way (way/23790446) seems to be connecting smaller towns which better fits the definition of a secondary way (highway=secondary). Similarly, for changes from trunk to primary (way/25507859) on ways that seem to be "high-performance or high-importance roads” that connect to several towns and cities (highway=trunk). Would you be open to reviewing these changes?

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you!

Hi ChehrehBargi,
Thank you for clarifying and making updates to the area, I will defer to your edits.

Hi ChehrehBargi,
LakeManapouri is no longer on the team, so i will be responding on their behalf. I simply changed highway=secondary_links here to highway=secondary to continue the highway classification through the junction per OSM guidelines. I am not sure I am understanding what issue you are taking with the edit here, would you be able to clarify further or provide links to a policy you are referring to? Thank you!

Hi ftcat,

Thank you for your knowledge and making updates to the area.

Thank you for providing resources and following the Indonesian Tagging Guidelines page. I agree with changing roads that are > 2.5 meters or connect through rural areas to residential or unclassified. If my team comes across any of those roads, we will also make those changes. Also if we come across any residential roads in small Indonesia towns’ road networks that meet the narrow street characteristics, we will update back to highway=living_street.
I appreciate your time and have a good day!

Hi Frans S,

I noticed some recent classification changes from highway=living_streets to highway=residential. The OSM Wiki mentions that living streets in Indonesia are narrow roads "in residential area, around 1.5 - 2 m in width and passable to cars at low speed” (osm.wiki/Indonesian_Tagging_Guidelines). Many of the roads that were updated appear quite narrow and seem to align with this definition. Would you be able to share your reasoning behind these changes, as well as any resources or imagery you used to support the edits?

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you!