Paul Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Alexander Jones > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > On Oct 22, 2012 9:57 AM, "Alexander Jones" > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> Paul Johnson wrote: > > >> > > >> > FM and RM are the same network...seems odd for them to show up > twice > > >> > here... > > >> > > >> I could've sworn that the general consensus from a previous > argument was > > >> "one network per shield type." > > > > > > They use the same shield, and even TXDOT signs Farm Road and Ranch > Road > > > interchangeably. They're definitely the same network. > > > > Same style of shield, yes. I live in Texas, and I know that although > they > > are, in effect, the same network, they are most definitely signed > > differently. > > > Not consistently. Trailblazer shields (the all-white rectangles) > almost > always use "FM," and (at least along route 66), TxDOT regularly uses > both > RANCH ROAD and FARM ROAD on the signage for the same route. Following > the > historic route of US 66 will yield dozens of examples of this > inconsistency. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
Did they switch from one term to the other at some point? If so, the mix of signs on the same route might be because some of the signs have been replaced as they rusted out and/or got used for target practice. -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
