oh, I'm mapping public transport too much. I actually did mean to write superroute.
Jo On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 7:44 PM Yves <yve...@mailbox.org> wrote: > While the original question was about a good tag to record the section > number, whick look like a reference, I would be tempted to answer Jo that > to know which country you're in, you should look at Your OSM Database! > Joke aside, such a cross border route makes a good candidate for a super > route. > Yves > > Le 23 mai 2020 18:49:31 GMT+02:00, Jo <winfi...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> >> So in the case of a route that passes through The Netherlands, Belgium >> and France, the part in The Netherlands and Flanders will have the same >> name (in Dutch)? And the parts in Wallonia and France will have the same >> name as well, but in French instead? No indication which country/region >> they are passing through? >> >> Jo >> >> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 6:42 PM Peter Elderson <pelder...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hold on to your hat.... In the name tag I will store...The Name Of The >>> Route! >>> >>> Op za 23 mei 2020 om 18:18 schreef Jo <winfi...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> In the end, what will be left in the name tag exactly? >>>> >>>> Polyglot >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 5:53 PM Peter Elderson <pelder...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am trying to improve on the name-tag mess in the many hiking/foot >>>>> routes in Nederland. All kinds of information is packed in those names. I >>>>> am not doing any cleaning (yet) until all this information can be stored >>>>> in >>>>> proper tags and is handled or scheduled by significant renderers/data >>>>> users/tools. There must be reasons for this (ab)use, because it is done >>>>> all >>>>> over the globe. >>>>> >>>>> It's very common to store <from>-<to> and sometimes <via> in the name >>>>> tag. That's an easy one: we have from=*, via=*, to=*. >>>>> >>>>> Sometimes a complete description, a comment or a note (.e.g. about a >>>>> temporary detour) is added to the name. Easy: we have description=, >>>>> note=*, >>>>> comment=*. >>>>> >>>>> A ref in the name: store in ref=*. >>>>> >>>>> Another item is *section number*. This is often used when the route >>>>> is split in sections, often according to the sectioning given by the >>>>> operator/website. So firstly it's a sort of reference, secondly its an >>>>> ordering and sorting mechanism. >>>>> Sometimes sections have their own name. I see that a lot in >>>>> international (super)routes. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas how to do this without (ab)using the name tag? Is there a >>>>> proper tag that springs to mind, or should we invent one? >>>>> >>>>> Peter Elderson >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Tagging mailing list >>>>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tagging mailing list >>>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>>> >>>
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