Apollinaris Schoell wrote: > On 12 Apr 2009, at 9:01 , Adam Schreiber wrote: >> Probably because the mapper can easily identify the type of road (i.e. >> Interstate, US Hwy, etc.). I'm not sure that the mapper should be >> specifying the URL of the sign since it requires extra work to find it >> and any renderer should be able to pick their own source of sign >> shields (I know they can simply ignore the suggested one, but this >> method can put more information into the DB). > > ideally the renderer can figure out everything based on the ref tag > and some tag or intelligent location lookup to find the state, county > a road is in. > It contains all you need to pick the correct sign. But you need the > whole knowledge about signs for all states, county ... > as an example California uses different signs for US routes but the > same for interstates.
Well, if the US ones are different, the Interstate ones are different for the same reason based on what i've seen in Northern California on I-5, US-199 and US-101: California's egotistical enough to put it's name on all route markers regardless of size. "Interstate California 5, US California 199", etc. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
