the issue there is that state route numbers along w/ 3 digit interstate spurs and beltways are only unique within a state and within a system. i.e. does ref=128 refer to the ma state oute thhe state route somewwhere else ror the first spur off I28 Sent with Verizon Mobile Email
---Original Message--- From: "Katie Filbert" <[email protected]> Sent: 8/20/2011 9:24 am To: "Richard Weait" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Use of ref-tag on state highways On Aug 20, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote: > "On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Henk Hoff <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> To my understanding our tagging-standard for State Highways is >> [STATE] >> [NUMBER] >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging#State_Highways >> >> User NE[2|3] is now changing all State Highway ref-tags in >> [email protected] >> from AR ## to Hwy ## >> Examples: >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=35.4239&lon=-93.0561&zoom=13&layers=M >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/? >> lat=34.015&lon=-93.4598&zoom=13&layers=M > > Hi Henk! > > Getting ready for your road trip to SotM, I see. ;-) > > What the local and state authorities call a road is interesting but > fails to consider our broader, global naming concerns. > > network= describes the highway network > ref= distinct reference within that network > > In this case network="US_AR_AR" Historically, network="US:AR:AR" has > been used but _ is better. > > ref="123" is correct. I agree with putting just the number there. Let the renderers handle whatever abbreviations and whatnot. Cheers, Katie > > ref="Hwy 123" is incorrect. The "Hwy" portion of "Hwy ##" adds no > actionable information for OpenStreetMap. "##" is better. > > ref="AR 123" is incorrect. AR duplicates information from the > network tag. > > ref="SR 123" is incorrect. SR is ambiguous and duplicates information > from the network tag. > > Best regards, > Richard > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
