I just created a stub for the signed / unsigned paragraph on http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Directions_In_The_United_States - however, the {{Tag}} template does not support the inclusion of a | as far as I can see.. Please feel free to expand / edit.
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > Hi James, > > I had not thought of the Case of the Hidden Segments. It makes sense > to tag them, but would it not be more in line with general OSM tagging > practice to use role:signed = yes/no? > > I think it's a valuable extension on the role discussion, perhaps you > can add a paragraph to the wiki page > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway_Directions_In_The_United_States > with an example? I found this photo (not ideal and I'm not sure if we > could use it on the wiki, but it's something ;) > http://www.ajfroggie.com/roadpics/mn/us052/nb-i94e.jpg > > Best > Martijn > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 3:43 PM, James Mast <rickmastfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> We also have to come up with a way to designate hidden segments of a route >> so we don't have to have two separate relations for highways that have >> segments that are hidden. >> >> Some of the examples I'm thinking of are like US-52 in MN when it's on I-94 >> and US-19 Trunk here in Pittsburgh, PA while it's on I-279/I-376. Both >> states have signs for theses routes telling people to follow said >> Interstates for those routes and then no more reference to them till when >> they leave the Interstates. I'm thinking that we could possibly tag the >> roles for them in the relations this way: role=north|unsigned. This would >> also help for the renders that use the relations to add the shields. They >> would be able to use the "|unsigned" part to know not to add the shields >> along that way. >> >> As for the highways that are completely hidden, the "unsigned_ref" tag in >> the relation will work perfectly for them still (US-85 in NM as an example). >> >> Anybody else agree with me that this might work better than the two >> relations for the highways that have segments that are hidden? >> >> -James >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > > > > -- > Martijn van Exel > http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ > http://openstreetmap.us/ -- Martijn van Exel http://oegeo.wordpress.com/ http://openstreetmap.us/ _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
