I'm very much in favor of PA instead of SR for disambiguation purposes. On Jan 16, 2015 2:15 AM, "James Mast" <rickmastfa...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have happened to notice (mostly in Eastern Pennsylvania) that some users > have added these routes from the old 'name_*' tags and putting them in the > 'ref=*' tags as "ref=SR1234". The problem here is that Pennsylvania > doesn't post these routes (except in little white mileage signs [1][2] > or/and [just in rural areas normally] an occasional street blade) like the > 'normal' state highways numbered 1-999 in the 'Keystone shields'. Also the > quadrant routes are duplicated all over the state in each county. Thus, I > don't think they would qualify for being added to the 'ref' tag on ways, > but also don't truly count for the 'unsigned_ref' tag as well because they > are posted in a way, just not really for the traveling public to see unless > they were really looking for them. > > So, I've come up with a possible replacement tag of 'ref:penndot=SR ****' > [3] for these routes that are only signed with the white mileage signs. > With this tag, it still allows the quadrant routes to be added, but not to > take up the normal 'ref' tag when it's needed for another route (there are > a few normal state routes on quadrant routes, like PA-3 for a small area in > Philadelphia, or US-19 Truck in Pittsburgh, or even the Allegheny County > Belt System [3] in some areas). > > What do you guys think about this? If nobody has any problems with them, > I think we should fix them as we see them (no bot running unless somebody > with knowing how to run one would be willing to do it). I just want to see > a constant tagging scheme for them. > > -James > > > [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_State_Routes_in_Pennsylvania > [2] - http://goo.gl/maps/NdVrn > [3] - https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/311525727 > [4] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_County_belt_system > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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