On Tue, 2008-10-21 at 20:53 +1100, Elizabeth Dodd wrote: > 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. > > 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?
NHxx isn't supposed to be read by humans - the renderers should read that and realise they need to draw xx in yellow on a yellow bordered shield with a green background. James Andrewartha _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
