* Nathan Edgars II <[email protected]> [2010-10-15 13:32 -0400]: > > Should we use the postal code everywhere for nationwide consistency or > > should we use the prefixes that locals use? If we use postal codes, what > > should we do about county or town roads? > > We should use no prefix for state roads to make shield adoption > easier. We place everything in a generic shape unless it has a prefix; > since state roads would be in a generic shape anyway, it's pointless > to add a prefix.
I disagree with this. I would like to be able to do state-specific shields, and putting a state prefix in is a) not incorrect and b) allows for easy disambiguation of *which* state network the road belongs to. I realize that is also kind of an argument for the "postal abbreviation" approach, since the "local usage" approach can be ambiguous. >From the perspective of keeping the current rendering, I think it makes more sense to put some prefix in. Since everything currently gets the same type of shield, differing only in color, having an appropriate prefix makes network membership a lot more obvious. If you do want to go without having a prefix for state roads, what do you propose for county, town, or other more local roads? -- ...computer contrarian of the first order... / http://aperiodic.net/phil/ PGP: 026A27F2 print: D200 5BDB FC4B B24A 9248 9F7A 4322 2D22 026A 27F2 --- -- Bless them which persecute you; bless, and curse not. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. -- Paul the apostle ---- --- -- _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
