On Thu, 2015-11-05 at 18:47 -0600, Sam Iacullo wrote: > The current setup for Texas State Highway ref tagging > (See:http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_roads_tagging#Texas) > There has already been some discussion as to what exists on the map > (https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2014-September/013604.html), > but this was based on the majority of relations being incorrectly added into > OSM. As per the Texas Department of Transportation, the ref should be "ref=SH > ##" instead of the current "ref=TX ##". [...]
> If there is no opposition to correcting this tagging error, I will > change the appropriate page over. Consider this opposition. The majority of states seem to be using the postal abbreviation for state highways. There are only a few that don't or that only use a single letter (Kansas and Michigan come to mind). More meaning is evident in "LA 8 becomes TX 63" (oh, we're crossing into Texas) as opposed to "SH 8 becomes SH 63" (what, the highway department can't make up their mind?). Also, seeing "TX 63" or "LA 8" makes it a bit easier to figure out exactly what state highway shields I should be looking for. (A pet peeve of mine are directions that just treat highway numbers as one and the same. When I give directions, I always specify I-10, Texas 288, US 59, FM 1960, LA 12, etc. so there is no ambiguity. Maybe I am the odd one out though...) Changing back to "SH xxx" is a huge step backwards and I don't see any good reason for it. -- Shawn K. Quinn <skqu...@rushpost.com> _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
