On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Matthias Julius <li...@julius-net.net> wrote: > Jeffrey Ollie <j...@ocjtech.us> writes: > >> What's more annoying is that he is changing the names/refs. From >> what I understand the ref is supposed to be only the >> interstate/highway number (e.g. "90" or "80") and not "I 90 (MN)". > > And I don't like this at all. First, this seems to be different than > how this is handled in many other places in the world. From what I > have seen in Europe there is always the complete designation how it is > found on highway shields used in the ref tag.
I don't know if you have travelled much in the US and I've never been to Europe, but US road signs are pretty minimal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:I-80.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_69.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iowa_3.svg The color and shape of the sign is used to distinguish different types of routes. > Second, separating out the highway system requires the data consuming > application to know how to piece things back together. Otherwise, a > shield on a map for example with just a "25" in it is pretty limited in > use. Again, the color and shape of the shield is used to distinguish different routes > Third, I consider a reference containing just the number to be > incomplete. IMHO, the ref tag should contain the complete designation > of a piece of highway. This also makes it easier to search for this. That's why I set the name tag on the relation to something a little more descriptive. Obviously, this scheme works only in the US, which is why the "network" tag is used to distinguish US routes from those in other countries. -- Jeff Ollie _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
