WikiProject Georgia Abkhazia South-Ossetia

Disputed place names

Please see Disputes and WikiProject Cyprus#Disputed place names for more information

South Ossetia and Abkhazia are disputed territories and all the place names there are disputed. These countries are recognized by Russia and some other members of the UN. In South Ossetia they use Ossetic and Russian, in Abkhazia they use Abkhazian and Russian place names^[1]. So we have Ossetic, Russian and Georgian place names as variants for the tag name in South Ossetia. The same we have in Abkhazia with Abkhazian instead of Ossetic.

The convention

IF there is no consensus on which variant to use for name tag please follow the following rule.

categorization

• E-Roads (European roads):

As of 25th August, 2011, all E-roads through Georgia are completely tagged according to the WikiProject Europe/E-road network. Maybe someone wants to check this?

• • E 60: Poti-Senaki-Samtredia-Kutaisi-Khashuri-Gori-Mtskheta-Tbilisi-Rustavi-Tsiteli Khidi-Azerbaijan
  • E 70: Sarpi-Batumi-Supsa-Poti
  • E 97: Same as E 70 but continuing Poti-Senaki-Zugdidi-Sokhumi-Gagra-Russia
  • E 117: Russia-Stepantsminda-Gudauri-Mtskheta-Tbilisi-Marneuli-Bolnisi-Armenia
  • E 001: Tbilisi-Marneuli-Sadakhlo-Armenia
  • E 691: Armenia-Ninotsminda-Akhaltsikhe-Vale-Turkey
  • E 692: Supsa-Samtredia

• AH-Roads (Asian Highways): These are not signposted, but several routes throughout Georgia are defined:
  • AH 5: Like E60 from Tsiteli Khidi to Poti, then like E70 to Turkey.
  • AH 81: Like E117 from Russia to Marneuli, then like E001 to Armenia.
  • AH 82: Like E97 between Russia and Senaki, then like E60 to Khashuri, then via Borjomi to Akhaltsikhe, then like E691 to Armenia.

As of October, 2011, all AH-routes are included as relations according to the Asia/Asian Highway Network.

All E- and AH-routes also have a national number ს.

• ს[number]-Roads

Georgian letter San (S): Stands for a long-distance-route, some are marked as Euro-Route. This is not necessary a dual-carriageway-route but there are Sx-Ways that fit into a highway/motorway. highway=motorway or highway=trunk if dual carriageway / highway=primary else. Currently (Aug. 2011) The Route ს 1 between the northern exit of Tbilisi and Gori has a Motorway designation, the motorway is about to be extended further west, there are constructions going on between Gori and Khashuri. So keep an eye on it. There are only very few stretches of dual carriageway in Georgia outside of Tbilisi, but maybe some ს-roads will be upgraded in the future.

• შ[number]-Roads

Georgian letter Shin (Sh): Secondary highways, maintained by the state. Some are in very good condition, some are unpaved and only passable with a 4x4-vehicle. numbers შ 1 to 44 seem to be more important and connect important cities and remote regions over longer distances. But only according to the number, it is not possible to determine the general condition. Tag as highway=secondary if several of the following conditions apply:

• • they connect regions and/or bigger cities to the network of ს-roads,
  • they provide shortcuts or attractive alternative routings to ს-roads,
  • they are in relatively good condition - not necessarily paved but at least driveable with a normal car, during most weather conditions,
  • they are somehow signposted,
  • they have significant amount of non-local traffic.

Tag as highway=tertiary if they do not qualify as a secondary highway.

• Unnumbered Roads (rural):

Tag as highway=tertiary if they connect to several villages, else as highway=unclassified. It is difficult to make a definite classification scheme, but you can judge by general state of the road, signposting, amount of traffic and so on. Use common sense. Also, tertiary routes (and higher) should form a network, they should have dead-ends only in exceptions, e.g. valleys without exit.

Please use the keys smoothness=*, surface=*, smoothness=*, or tracktype=* to describe the condition and usability of roads, especially the bad ones.

• Unnumbered Roads (Tbilisi and other major cities):

Major throughways (connecting primary highways) are classified as primary. Other important roads that interconnect bigger neighbourhoods are classified as secondary. Local collector roads are classified as tertiary. Primary roads that are dual carriageway and do not have many 4-way-crossings, traffic lights and access to private properties can be upgraded to trunk highway. Note, that in Tbilisi, and probably also in other big cities, city roads don't wear numbers, so use common sense for classification.