Rural road surfaces in Minnesota
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Project to add surfaces to rural roads in Minnesota-Complete
As of October 2024, many of the rural roads of Minnesota do not have surfaces tags, this despite the fact that many are unpaved. This is important missing information for many road users. This page will detail work to address this problem.
| County Name | Complete | Maproullete Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Aitkin | Yes | |
| Anoka | Yes | |
| Becker | Yes | |
| Beltrami | Yes | |
| Benton | Yes | |
| Big Stone | Yes | |
| Blue Earth | Yes | |
| Brown | Yes | |
| Carlton | Yes | |
| Carver | Yes | |
| Cass | Yes | |
| Chippewa | Yes | |
| Chisago | Yes | |
| Clay | Yes | |
| Clearwater | Yes | |
| Cook | Yes | |
| Cottonwood | Yes | |
| Crow Wing | Yes | |
| Dakota | Yes | |
| Dodge | Yes | |
| Douglas | Yes | |
| Faribault | Yes | |
| Fillmore | Yes | |
| Freeborn | Yes | |
| Goodhue | Yes | |
| Grant | Yes | |
| Hennepin | Yes | |
| Houston | Yes | |
| Hubbard | Yes | |
| Isanti | Yes | |
| Itasca | Yes | |
| Jackson | Yes | |
| Kanabec | Yes | |
| Kandiyohi | Yes | |
| Kittson | Yes | |
| Koochiching | Yes | |
| Lac qui Parle | Yes | |
| Lake | Yes | |
| Lake of the Woods | Yes | |
| Le Sueur | Yes | |
| Lincoln | Yes | |
| Lyon | Yes | |
| McLeod | Yes | |
| Mahnomen | Yes | |
| Marshall | Yes | |
| Martin | Yes | |
| Meeker | Yes | |
| Mille Lacs | Yes | |
| Morrison | Yes | |
| Mower | Yes | |
| Murray | Yes | |
| Nicollet | Yes | |
| Nobles | Yes | |
| Norman | Yes | |
| Olmsted | Yes | |
| Otter Tail | Yes | |
| Pennington | Yes | |
| Pine | Yes | |
| Pipestone | Yes | |
| Polk | Yes | |
| Pope | Yes | |
| Ramsey | Yes | |
| Red Lake | Yes | |
| Redwood | Yes | |
| Renville | Yes | |
| Rice | Yes | |
| Rock | Yes | |
| Roseau | Yes | |
| Saint Louis | Yes | |
| Scott | Yes | |
| Sherburne | Yes | |
| Sibley | Yes | |
| Stearns | Yes | |
| Steele | Yes | |
| Stevens | Yes | |
| Swift | Yes | |
| Todd | Yes | |
| Traverse | Yes | |
| Wabasha | Yes | |
| Wadena | Yes | |
| Waseca | Yes | |
| Washington | Yes | |
| Watonwan | Yes | |
| Wilkin | Yes | |
| Winona | Yes | |
| Wright | Yes | |
| Yellow Medicine | Yes |
Recommended process for JOSM users
- Extract all the `residential`,`tertiary`, and `unclassified` highways in a county that have no surface tags with the following overpass turbo query where you substitute the target county in for "Winona"
[out:xml]/*fixed by auto repair*/[timeout:25];
{{geocodeArea:Winona County, Minnesota}}->.searchArea;
rel(area.searchArea)[admin_level=8];
map_to_area -> .all_level_8_areas;
(
way["highway"="residential"][!surface](area.searchArea);
way["highway"="unclassified"][!surface](area.searchArea);
way["highway"="tertiary"][!surface](area.searchArea);
)->.a;
way.a(area.all_level_8_areas)->.b;
( .a;- .b;);
(._;>;); out meta;
- Run the query by clicking the "Run" button
- Export the results to JOSM by clicking on the "Export" button in Overpass Turbo (remember to have JOSM running)
- In your JOSM window you will have all the ways loaded. You can start editing here, OR your can:
- Install the "todo" plugin
- Select all your ways
- Add them to the "todo" list
- Sequentially fix all the ways in the county. Don't worry if you don't finish the whole thing. If you need to quit, you can just restart the whole process again!