Well, I was just testing MapQuest and it thinks that I-74's split there from 
I-77 is the main highway (somewhat).
http://open.mapquest.com/?le=t&hk=7-OEgrKIB6&vs=
It says "Stay STRAIGHT to go onto I-74 E."  The problem is it's a "Left" exit.
The line should say something like: "Take Left Exit #101 to continue on I-74 
East towards Mt Airy/Winston-Salem."  This is what Google says on their map: 
"Slight left at I-74 E (signs for Mt Airy/Winston - Salem)".  Heck, I've been 
fighting with Google trying to get them to mention the Exit number for that 
step as well, but haven't had much luck.
This is what we need to work with MapQuest to fix.  Maybe a special 
"exit_left=yes" or "left_exit=yes" tag?
 


Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:42:16 -0700
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] US Interstate exit junction exit_to tag

At 2011-04-07 22:57, James Mast wrote:

You know guys, we should also figure out right here and now how to deal with 
"left" exits at Interstate splits where both ways are "motorways". Here's such 
an example:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=36.49591&lon=-80.74103&zoom=16&layers=M
It's the I-77/I-74 split in NC. I-74 splits off to the left using an I-77 exit 
number (Exit #101). Something like this would need an extra tag on the node 
where the highways split.
Looks mostly right as is, except I capitalize East (and want it in its own 
tag), hyphenate I-74 (because it is in a name field, not a ref), and would move 
the destinations to the towards tag:

exit_to="I-74 East"
towards="Mount Airy / Winston Salem"
ref=101

OR

exit_to_root="I-74"
exit_to_dir="East"
towards="Mount Airy / Winston Salem"
ref=101

Because it is the start of the motorway, I see no reason to call it a 
motorway_link. I just continue the new motorway right up to the 
motorway_junction.

--
Alan Mintz <[email protected]>

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