On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Ben Kelley wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > NH20 particularly bothers me. > > Nowhere on the Sturt is there a current sign which says NH20. > > It's 20 or A20 according to the state boundaries. > > > > I'm sure others can point out great inconsistencies with other highways. > > Can we decide what labels to put on the roads? > > NH is national highway. See > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Australian_Tagging_Guidelines#Route >_Numbers > > In my experience these guidelines are only partly followed. > > I suspect showing them on the Garmin maps is a function of the software > used to generate the maps. None of the OSM-based maps I have seen have > them. I think it would be a really useful addition though. > > - Ben.
Sure NH is National Highway, but this is not consistent with the current signs, and the labelling itself is randomised. A NSW current sign says 20, in yellow inside a yellow bordered shield on a green background A Vic sign has A20 and I can't check further as I seem not to have photographed one this month A SA sign has A20 as above with a small National in the shield Nothing says NHxx on the Sturt Highway; but some mappers put NHxx down. Can they justify this terminology on the basis of recent signage? sample of highway markers - Mildura http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.1939&lon=142.1734&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF sample of highway markers - Renmark http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.2052&lon=140.7778&zoom=12&layers=B000FTF sample of highway markers - Gepps Cross, Adelaide NHA1, A1, NHA20, A20, NHA16 and A16 all in one small area. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.8242&lon=138.6039&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
