Re: [Talk-us] Relation template for an honorary/memorial highway?

Tue, 26 May 2020 14:43:57 -0700

Sorry. I typed Theodore Roosevelt, but I meant to type, Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway. It's the Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway that gives me the biggest headaches and longest discussions every time it comes up.

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/ddehwy.cfm

I thought official_name=* was for country names, but I'm also hesitant to use it as I think an interstate highway such as, I-70 would render the name, "Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway" on maps when it's not actually used by locals nor used on any signage.

I certainly have no desire to spend the time creating relations, especially if it's not considered a best practice. I'm just looking for a way to avoid so many long discussions (and sometimes arguments) about these honorary/memorial names that aren't actually used but were created by some obscure congressional bill long ago.

Cheers


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Eisenberg
Sent: May 26, 2020 2:54 PM
To: Jack Armstrong
Cc: Talk us
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Relation template for an honorary/memorial highway?

Only real, current features should be mapped, but it's possible to add "official names" even if they are not the commonly used name, as long as they are documented on signs.

It looks like some of these are historic only: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_International_Highway - historic, no longer exists

And the Pan-American Highway system officially includes all the Interstates in the United States, but has no signage. So there is not an appropriate way to map this in OpenStreetMap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Highway#Contiguous_48_states_of_the_United_States

But these can probably be tagged as "official_name=Ronald Reagan Highway": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan_Highway

– Joseph Eisenberg

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 12:15 PM Jack Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> More than once in the past, users have attempted to “name” highways in Colorado as the “CanAm Highway”, the “Pan-American Highway”, the “Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway” and the “Theodore Roosevelt International Highway”, to name a few. There are other honorary/memorial highway designations in the area.
>
>
> In order to satisfy persons who want to map these and other memorial highways that aren’t actually named “on the ground” here, I’m thinking relations might be created. This way, when this situation undoubtedly comes up again, I can point the user to the relation and more easily resolve any conflicts.
>
>
> Any suggestions as to the relation template I should use? I looked at the interstate highway relation wiki and it doesn’t seem to be quite right. For example, it requires a ref - number only.
>
>
> I suppose, where appropriate, a different relation should be created for each state the memorial highway passes through? Which network relation or super relation should these memorial route relations be tied into?
>
>
> Any feedback is welcome. Thanks :)
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Talk-us mailing list
> [email protected]
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us




_______________________________________________
Talk-us mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us

Reply via email to