<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">I am not saying get rid of the network tag, I am saying we should be consistent.  In the above case, if  network=UK (instead of network=ncn), one would know it is national. First because the UK is a nation and there is no smaller jurisdiction that follows "UK" in the tag, and because there would be cycle routes all over the UK where network=UK. <br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><br><div>Numbering in the UK reflects the "importance" of a route:</div><div>National routes carry two-digit numbers</div><div>Regional routes carry three-digit numbers</div><div>Local cycle routes are less consistently labelled.</div><div>OSM, born in the UK  has inherited this approach</div><div><br></div><div>The UK national bicycle network is managed by Sustrans - see <a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/national-cycle-network" target="_blank">https://www.sustrans.org.uk/national-cycle-network</a></div><div><br></div><div>Similarly tiered systems exist in the Netherlands and Germany.</div><div><br></div><div>In Italy there is a similar approach, that mirrors the administrative organisation of the country: National routes connect several regions. Regional routes connect severela provinces and local routes are typically within a single province.</div><div><br></div><div>Volker (Italy)<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div id="m_3447769538172802524DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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