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<p>Coincidentally saw reference to this in the Manchester Evening
News talking about website Pethetic Motorways
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/a8m_glasgow/">https://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/a8m_glasgow/</a> <br>
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<p>Source not for use in OSM.</p>
<p>its so short at 300m that signage distance would be longer than
the motorway itself.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/01/2023 22:32, yasslay wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I find it interesting as to why there's so many
conflicting sources regarding the matter. I'd say to tag it as
the M8 now, add the M73 as an alternative number, and then the
A8(M) as the highway authority number as the A8(M) number is no
longer signed at the roundabout(s) from the looks on Streetside
imagery.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 1:18
PM Michael Booth <<a href="mailto:boothym@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">boothym@gmail.com</a>>
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0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">The
Scottish trunk/motorway network in OSM is based on the
official list <br>
of trunk roads published by Transport Scotland here: <br>
<a
href="https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/official-list-of-trunk-roads/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/official-list-of-trunk-roads/</a><br>
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That list says it should A8(M), as shown by the two grid
references on <br>
the map <br>
<a
href="https://gridreferencefinder.com/osm/?gr=NS6912064150%7C269120_s__c__s_664150%7C1,NS6883064140%7C268830_s__c__s_664140%7C1&v=r&labels=1"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://gridreferencefinder.com/osm/?gr=NS6912064150|269120_s__c__s_664150|1,NS6883064140|268830_s__c__s_664140|1&v=r&labels=1</a><br>
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On 20/01/2023 19:38, yasslay wrote:<br>
> Hello!<br>
><br>
> I noticed that there's been a bit of a mapping war in the
last year or <br>
> so regarding the status of the<br>
> 'A8(M)' near Baillieston, Glasgow.<br>
><br>
> While I am not particularly familiar with the area, I
looked <br>
> through the way history <br>
> (<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/412543014"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/412543014</a> for
reference) and found <br>
> that there'd been a bunch of edits with some users
removing the <br>
> numbering from the A8(M) (one even went as far to remove
the motorway <br>
> status from it) and others who kept on adding the
numbering back to <br>
> the short motorway.<br>
><br>
> In my personal opinion, I think the numbering's been
discarded as <br>
> shown by this bit of Bing Streetside imagery <br>
> (<a
href="https://www.bing.com/maps?cp=55.852734%7E-4.09686&lvl=17.0&v=2&sV=1&style=x&dir=93.3&pi=-6.7"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.bing.com/maps?cp=55.852734%7E-4.09686&lvl=17.0&v=2&sV=1&style=x&dir=93.3&pi=-6.7</a>
<br>
> <<a
href="https://www.bing.com/maps?cp=55.852734%7E-4.09686&lvl=17.0&v=2&sV=1&style=x&dir=93.3&pi=-6.7"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.bing.com/maps?cp=55.852734%7E-4.09686&lvl=17.0&v=2&sV=1&style=x&dir=93.3&pi=-6.7</a>>)
<br>
> which refers to it as a spur of the M8 and the entrance
onto the spur <br>
> from the big roundabout just says A8, which is further
reinforced by a <br>
> counting reference on the DfT's website <br>
> (<a
href="https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints/91185"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints/91185</a>)
referring to <br>
> it as just the A8, but I'd say the appropriate tagging
for this would <br>
> be ref=M8 and highway_authority_ref=A8 or something.<br>
><br>
> I decided to post this here as a way to see what everyone
thinks of <br>
> the situation before any action is taken upon it.<br>
><br>
> Kind regards,<br>
> yasslay<br>
><br>
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