<div dir="ltr">Is it appropriate to label every lane as "Commercial Truck Route"?<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/133018698">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/133018698</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 9:08 AM Michael Stark <<a href="mailto:michael60634@gmail.com">michael60634@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<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="auto">Further reply on the changesets comments:<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">"OSM is a globally accessible project. So even for non-US citizens !!! They must also be able to read the map !!! HGV and LKW are equivalent abbreviations. Only the insulted arrogant one returns correctly made repairs. Only a fool prefers a poorly drawn map with a theoretically good description."<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/134216339" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/134216339</a></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 4, 2023, 2:43 AM Frederik Ramm <<a href="mailto:frederik@remote.org" target="_blank">frederik@remote.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Well even if the term "lkw" were ubiquitous it would still not be a <br>
suitable value for the "name" tag of a truck lane...<br>
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On 7/4/23 06:44, Jherome Miguel wrote:<br>
> They just replied. Quoting.<br>
> <br>
> "In Europe, even outside Germany, the abbreviation LKW (freight) or PKW <br>
> (passenger) is used. These, on the other hand, do not use the <br>
> abbreviation HVG [sic]. I think the combination LKW / TRUCK is used to <br>
> describe it, which is understandable to both English and Germans. Some <br>
> Americans and Canadians don't know the abbreviation HGV either. Stop <br>
> removing the LKW/TRUCK description. Thank you."<br>
> <br>
> Obviously false. Yes, we don't use HGV, but truck, but the problem is <br>
> they also slap LKW under a false assumption. Gahhhhhhhh! They might not <br>
> have ever stepped in either Canada or America.<br>
> <br>
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 10:53 PM Paul Norman <<a href="mailto:osm@paulnorman.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">osm@paulnorman.ca</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:osm@paulnorman.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">osm@paulnorman.ca</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> On 2023-06-23 3:17 p.m., Jherome Miguel wrote:<br>
> > Some user from Czech Republic has been adding this label "TRUCK/LKW"<br>
> > to truck lanes and parking at border crossings with the US, and this<br>
> > has been annoying me. Unless you speak German, you have no idea<br>
> what a<br>
> > LKW is. Just asked them to stop these. Have anyone did away with<br>
> > these? Already did these with Emerson/Pembina and Stanstead/Derby<br>
> Line.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> That name is generally going to be wrong, aside from the LKW part.<br>
> These<br>
> are not streets with a name of TRUCK, and they generally have the same<br>
> name as a larger road, or no name at all.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
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