Are we talking a single "is_in" tag, which will bring back the string parsing problem, or multiple tags like "is_in:state" and "is_in:county"?
-- Lee On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Andrew S. J. Sawyer <[email protected]>wrote: > I also agree with Phil. The operative tag is the "network" tag. Which > should refer to either country, state, county as found in the "is_in" > tags, without having to have a "new" tag. I think this is the way to > go. > > Andrew > > On 10/25/2010, Phil! Gold <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Zeke Farwell <[email protected]> [2010-10-25 09:43 -0400]: > >> For those who do want to render different shields for each state and/or > >> county routes why not use sub tags as we commonly do for many other > >> osm features > > > > Ian has suggested the established is_in= tag for this purpose, and Alex > > Mauer has suggested a relation that contains all the routes for a (state > > or lower) network. > > > > Personally, of those two, I think I prefer is_in=. > > > >> For Michigan route 12: > >> ref=12 > >> network=state > >> state=michigan > > > > Keep in mind that any tagging we do needs to be compatible with global > > usage, and network= is already in use. I'd suggest something along the > > lines of "US:State" and "US:County" to fit in with "US:I" and "US:US". > > (And also to continue keeping our own namespace for values.) > > > > -- > > ...computer contrarian of the first order... / > http://aperiodic.net/phil/ > > PGP: 026A27F2 print: D200 5BDB FC4B B24A 9248 9F7A 4322 2D22 026A 27F2 > > --- -- > > "Quick, you must come with me," she said. You're in great danger!" > > "Why?" > > "Because I will kill you if you don't." > > -- _Sourcery_, Terry Pratchett > > ---- --- -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-us mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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