We have discussed this subject a couple of times and have, I think, concluded that displaying the ref (generally only known to local government people) on roads that are unsigned is not helpful to the end user. Some, but I suspect not all, of the thread starts are below. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2011-May/011632.html https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2013-March/014555.html https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2013-April/014788.html
Ignoring the source information for now, but I suspect it is very similar to rights of way information in that it is probably derived from OS maps. The following overpass query highlights the issue, Norfolk standing out as especially bad. This is just tertiary roads, there are issues with unclassified too. http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/4xS I am going to use the horrible word, mechanical edit, but I feel it needs sorting out. I propose that nothing is removed, but the ref tag for tertiary and unclassified is moved to official_ref. This will retain the data and allow OSM to be used by those who can make use of this data. I know we should not tag for the renderer, but I think its ok to give the renderer a clue as to which are displayed on signs and which aren't. Phil (trigpoint) _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
