Hi ChromeLotus,

Thanks again for your thoughtful follow-up — I truly appreciate your observations and the constructive spirit of your feedback.

I’ve since made the initial corrections you flagged and will continue reviewing the highway classifications across Samoa, particularly focusing on:

Differentiating paved vs unpaved surfaces,

Clarifying access roads vs residential roads, and

Verifying publicly surveyed vs informal (or undeveloped "paper") roads.

Your point is well taken — while distinguishing minor access routes is helpful for field users, my priority has been ensuring that officially gazetted or surveyed roads are represented first, even where physical development hasn’t yet occurred. This is especially important for government planning, land use coordination, and utilities (e.g., LTA, EPC, SWA, MAFF).

Regarding the additional issues you kindly pointed out (crossings, overlaps, and node duplication) — these are definitely on my radar. I’m currently working through a staged review, beginning with the Apia Urban Area and expanding outward by district.

To your generous offer: yes, I’d be very grateful for additional support in addressing these and other structural issues, particularly where OSM data integrity impacts routing and analysis.

Let’s stay in touch — happy to coordinate if you’re working on a specific area or have tools/scripts to assist with bulk validation.

Best regards,
Leicester (OSM-SAMOA)