Alex Mauer <[email protected]> writes: > On 01/05/2010 01:32 PM, John Smith wrote: >> Currently there is discussion on using relations to group segments of >> a highway occurring: >> >> http://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/2599 > > In that ticket, you wrote: “we think administrative polygons should be > used for custom highway shields, instead of trying to tell the rendering > software explicitly which shield to use” > > How might this work? Presumably there’s some idea of linking > primary/secondary/tertiary each with an administrative level, using that > to determine which of the administrative polygons applies to the route > in question, and then deciding from there which shield to use. Do I > have it right?
This could be derived from the ref tag and administrative boundary. "A 2" should get a different shield in Germany than in the UK. Same goes for "M 5" in Michigan or UK. The road classification is not always linked to highway type. In the US a primary road can be a US or state highway for example and a US highway mey be a primary, trunk or motorway. Matthias _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
