On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 4:08 AM, James Mast <rickmastfa...@hotmail.com>wrote:
> I just happened to notice this guy tonight was going around and editing > the "ref" tags on highways in the US just to replace the space and put in > the hyphen. > There's actually a sensible reason for this, at least for Interstate highways: <http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part2/part2a.htm> Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Section 2A.13, guidance paragraph 9: "When an Interstate route is displayed in text form instead of using the route shield, a hyphen should be used for clarity, such as "I-50."" Of course, this applies to road signs and not maps, but I still count this as precedence. Renderers should ideally tolerate ref tags of the form "I-50". -- David "Smith" a.k.a. Vid the Kid a.k.a. Bír'd'in Does this font make me look fat?
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