Delaware

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V・T・E Delaware, United States, North America

latitude: 38.964, longitude: -75.522

Browse map of Delaware 38°57′50.40″ N, 75°31′19.20″ W

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Delaware is a state in United States, North America at latitude 38°57′50.40″ North, longitude 75°31′19.20″ West.

The state's eastern border is composed entirely of coastline with a water border against the state of New Jersey. The state's northern border is with the state of Pennsylvania while on the west and south it shares a border with the state of Maryland.

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Roads

NoName map screenshot, 26 Dec 2012

As approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on 2015, Delaware has below classifications in use:

• Interstate
• Other Expressway & Freeway
• Other Principal Arterial
• Minor Arterial
• Major Collector
• Minor Collector
• Local

The suggested highway type mapping in OSM for the state of Delaware, is:

Delaware Highway Functional Classification Mapping

FHWA classification	Highway type
Interstate	Motorway
Other Expressway & Freeway
Other Principal Arterial	Trunk
Minor Arterial	Primary
Major Collector	Secondary
Minor Collector	Tertiary
Local	Unclassified (Rural, out of village/town/city limit) / Residential (Urban)

Exceptions can be made when condition allows, like:

• County roads, being classified as "Local", are eligible for an upgrade to Tertiary.

Some advice can be found at the US Classification Guidance.

Signs

The official Delaware standard sign set appears in the April 2009 publication "Standard Signs". For signs which are not rendered as icons (highway=stop might be the only one rendered at present), recommend using traffic_sign=* and traffic_sign:id=*; the value for 'traffic_sign:id' would be drawn from the standard sign set publication. For examples, see node 618492134 and node 618492182.

Interstate, US and State numbered highways

Main article: Delaware/Highway Relations

DelDOT Maintenance Numbers

Maintenance road numbers used by DelDOT are being converted to ref:deldot=*. Given their small size where they appear, not readily noticeable by drivers, so they should be removed from the standard ref=* tag. Small markers with these numbers appear on poles with other signage. Many secondary names imported from TIGER contain "Road XXX" or "County Road XXX", and appeared in different formats, such as ref=Road XXX. ref=RD XXX, ref=Rd XXX, etc.

Reference numbers overlay signed routes and do not always match the currently signed number. For example in Sussex County, DE 1 along the shoreline uses reference road number 14, its former route number. US 13 uses reference numbers 1-4 for different segments; reference number 13 remains on the old alignment of US 13.

Names

Significant progress has been made through the end of 2012 to decrease the roadways which lack a name. Delaware stands out visually against surrounding states on the NoName map maintained by user:SimonPoole.

Bridges

Name	Traffic type	Relation
C&D Canal Bridge	Motor vehicles	383762 383762

Counties

Delaware has three counties: New Castle, Sussex and Kent.

Name	Relation	Notes
New Castle	1245077 1245077	relation is not closed
Kent	1245078 1245078
Sussex	1245079 1245079

County Roads

Typically marked as tertiary highways

New Castle County

• County Road 339A

Cities, towns, villages, etc.

Places in New Castle County

Placename	Place type (admin_level)	Relation, Way or Node	Details
W:Arden, Delaware	Village (8)	Relation	2667820 2667820
W:Ardencroft, Delaware	Village	Node	158477564 158477564
W:Ardentown, Delaware	Village (8)	Way	33502424 33502424
W:Bellefonte, Delaware	Town	Node	158328339 158328339
W:Delaware City, Delaware	City (8)	Way	33502426 33502426
W:Hockessin, Delaware	Census Designated Place (8)	Relation	367262 367262
W:New Castle, Delaware	City (8)	Relation	117170 117170
W:Newark, Delaware	City (8)	Relation	384312 384312
W:North Star, Delaware	Census Designated Place (8)	Relation	365738 365738
W:Pike Creek, Delaware	Census Designated Place (8)	Relation	364708 364708
W:Wilmington, Delaware	City (8)	Relation	369472 369472

Places in Sussex County

Placename	Place type (admin_level)	Relation, Way or Node
Seaford	City (8)

Waterways

Name	Type	States	Relation or way	Status statement
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal	Canal	DE MD	375039 375039
Nanticoke River	River	DE MD	1658933 1658933	River course and riverbank complete from southern Delaware through Maryland to Chesapeake Bay. However, head of river not clear and requires additional information to clarify.

Public Protected Lands

Tagging

For all state owned public lands in Delaware, the following tags may be used:

  boundary=protected_area
  leisure=nature_reserve
  name=*
  ownership=state
  protected=perpetuity
  type=multipolygon (only if a relation)

In addition, the following tags can be present if applicable:

  website=*
  wikidata=*
  wikipedia=*
  gnis:feature_id=*

Discouraged Tagging

Absolutely NO LANDUSE should be associated with public lands. While it may appear that a State Forest is mostly wooded and it would be appropriate to add a natural=wood tag, this is usually a gross oversimplification. It is preferable to add landuse features as separate polygons.

In addition, the following tags are discouraged. If you see these, verify that they can be replaced with something else:

  leisure=park, this tag may be acceptable for small, manicured state parks. If this is the case, use this tag in place of leisure=nature_reserve.
  boundary=national_park, this tag should be reserved for de jure national parks.
  park:type=*, deprecated, use protection_title=* instead.
  boundary:type=*, deprecated, use protection_title=* instead.

protection_title=*	protect_class=*	owner=*	operator=*	website=*	wikipedia=*
State Forest	6	State Department of Natural Resources	DE Forest Service	https://agriculture.delaware.gov/forest-service/	en:List of Delaware state forests
State Wildlife Areas	4	State Department of Natural Resources	DE Division of Fish & Wildlife	https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/fish-wildlife/wildlife-areas/	en:List of Delaware state wildlife areas

State Forests

State Forest boundaries should conform to instructions for for boundary=protected_area and United States/Public .

  name= * * (If there are separately named tracts, use name format of "<area name> - <tract name>")
  boundary=protected_area
  leisure=nature_reserve
  operator=DE Forest Service
  owner=State Department of Natural Resources
  ownership=state
  protect_class=6
  protected=perpetuity
  protection_title=State Forest
  type=multipolygon (only if a relation)
  wikipedia=en:List of Delaware state forests
  website=https://agriculture.delaware.gov/forest-service/

Name	Tract	Relation or way	Status statement
Blackbird State Forest Maps	Barlow	915298213 915298213	Tagged correctly.
	Cypress Complex	12423351 12423351	Tagged correctly.
	Dulany Manor	915310807 915310807	Tagged correctly.
	Jones	915309936 915309936	Tagged correctly.
	Meadows	915298512 915298512	Tagged correctly.
	Naudain	915309538 915309538	Tagged correctly.
	Oak Hill	12423356 12423356	Tagged correctly.
	Headquarters - Tybout	12423311 12423311	Tagged correctly.
	White Road	915304479 915304479	Tagged correctly.
	Wright	915300100 915300100	Tagged correctly.
Redden State Forest Maps	Appenzellar	12417814 12417814	Tagged correctly.
	Bailey	914846005 914846005	Tagged correctly.
	Barr	914848607 914848607	Tagged correctly.
	Chesapeake	12418230 12418230	Tagged correctly.
	Collins Pond	914875116 914875116	Tagged correctly.
	Day	914875463 914875463	Tagged correctly.
	Deep Creek	914894485 914894485	Tagged correctly.
	Ellendale	12418388 12418388	Tagged correctly.
	Eskridge	12418400 12418400	Tagged correctly.
	Headquarters	12418407 12418407	Tagged correctly.
	Jester	12417639 12417639	Tagged correctly.
	Long	914899682 914899682	Tagged correctly.
	Marvel	914900311 914900311	Tagged correctly.
	Owens	12418410 12418410	Tagged correctly.
	Rayne	12418432 12418432	Tagged correctly.
	Sill	914904039 914904039	Tagged correctly.
	Townsend	914904593 914904593	Tagged correctly.
	Tunnell	12418439 12418439	Tagged correctly.
Taber State Forest Maps		915249511 915249511	Tagged correctly.

State Wildlife Areas

State Forest boundaries should conform to instructions for for boundary=protected_area and United States/Public .

  name=* (If there are separately named tracts, use name format of "<area name> - <tract name>")
  boundary=protected_area
  leisure=nature_reserve
  operator=DE Division of Fish & Wildlife
  owner=State Department of Natural Resources
  ownership=state
  protect_class=4
  protected=perpetuity
  protection_title=Wildlife Area
  type=multipolygon (only if a relation)
  wikipedia=en:List of Delaware state wildlife areas
  website=https://dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/fish-wildlife/wildlife-areas/

County	Name	Tract	Relation or way	Status Statement
New Castle	C& D Canal Conservation Area
	Augustine Wildlife Area
	Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area
	Eagles Nest Wildlife Area
	DNERR Blackbird Creek Reserve also	DNERR Refuge	12582886 12582886	Tagged correctly
		McKinley	12582887 12582887	Tagged correctly
Kent	Woodland Beach Wildlife Area	Goldsborough/Ennis/Cabin	12586227 12586227	Tagged correctly
		Lighthouse Island	931138850 931138850	Tagged correctly
		McKay	931138849 931138849	Tagged Correctly
	Blackiston Wildlife Area		12586359 12586359	Tagged correctly
	Little Creek Wildlife Area	Main	12587201 12587201	Tagged correctly
		Davey Crockett	12587202 12587202	Tagged correctly
		Tarburton	931228967 931228967	Tagged correctly
	Ted Harvey Conservation Area	Roberts	931238347 931238347	Tagged correctly
		Island Farm	12587299 12587299	Tagged correctly
		Wilson-Slaughter (also known as Saint Jones Reserve)	882602914 882602914	Tagged correctly
		Logan Lane	931238350 931238350	Tagged correctly
		Morris	931238349 931238349	Tagged correctly
		Buckaloo	931238348 931238348	Tagged correctly
	Tappahanna Wildlife Area
	Norman G. Wilder Wildlife Area	Bennett	920565634 920565634	Tagged correctly
		Caulk	920565627 920565627	Tagged correctly
		Willow Grove	12475254 12475254	Tagged correctly
		Bartsch	12475255 12475255	Tagged correctly
		Petersburg	12475256 12475256	Tagged correctly
	McGinnis Pond Wildlife Area
	Milford Neck Wildlife Area
Sussex	Prime Hook Wildlife Area
	Marshy Hope Wildlife Area
	Old Furnace Wildlife Area
	Nanticoke Wildlife Area
	Midlands Wildlife Area
	Assawoman Wildlife Area
	Industrial Forest Land - Barr Complex
	Industrial Forest Land - Laurel Complex

County Public Lands

  boundary=protected_area
  leisure=nature_reserve
  protect_class=* (if recognized by the IUCN; "Other Conservation Area" means protect_class should be omitted since it is not recognized by the IUCN)
  protection_title=County Park
  ownership=county
  protected=perpetuity
  owner=County of Name of County, State (perhaps with Department of Parks & Recreation or similar, as appropriate)
  operator=Name of the lessee (optionally, if there is a "concessionary" relationship by the county to a lessee)
  type=multipolygon (only if a relation)

Municipal Public Lands

If a municipal park meets the requirements of leisure=park, this tag may be acceptable for small, manicured municipal parks. If this is the case, use this tag in place of leisure=nature_reserve.

  boundary=protected_area
  leisure=nature_reserve
  protect_class=* (if recognized by the IUCN; "Other Conservation Area" means protect_class should be omitted since it is not recognized by the IUCN)
  protection_title=Municipal Park
  protected=perpetuity
  ownership=city or township or borough or hamlet, etc
  owner=*
  operator=Name of the lessee (optionally, if there is a "concessionary" relationship by the municipality to a lessee)
  type=multipolygon (only if a relation)