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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi, Pierre,<br>
      <br>
      Thanks for the reply. It seems to me that when a road has a ref
      tag, the itinerary calculator generally ignores street names,
      including the one given to the Abacan Bridge. This may make sense
      in Europe and the US, but here it's actually quite confusing.<br>
      The ref (R-9 fo MacArthur Highway) is generally not used outside
      of the mapping community, and hardly within I believe. If I ask
      500 random people on the street in Angeles City where R-9 or R-8
      is, I doubt a single one would know. Furthermore, I can't remember
      seeing a single sign along a road stating the ref. The ideal
      displayed name for this road would be "MacArthur Highway" - that's
      what everyone calls it. Same for R-9, which is known as "NLEX", or
      simply "the expressway". Is there a way to make that happen, but
      still not tag for display purposes? Could we simply remove the ref
      tag entirely, maybe renaming it to "future_ref" or something
      awaiting the local government actually putting up signs so that
      people are aware of it (likely to take decades)? If we're supposed
      to map reality, the ref tag, at least outside of Metro Manila,
      does not reflect it at the moment.<br>
      <br>
      Also, the itinerary calculator unfortunately doesn't seem to
      handle roundabouts very well. Or are they incorrectly tagged? If I
      was to give that itinerary description to someone, I am sure they
      would get lost, as I can hardly think of a more complicated way to
      describe an essentially straight piece of road. Knowing I might
      have been tagging incorrectly in this area myself, is there any
      way we could tag this differently to improve the routing?<br>
      <br>
      Ideally this stretch would be described as:<br>
      Follow MacArthur Highway<br>
      Turn slight right onto Abacan Bridge<br>
      Turn slight left onto MacArthur Highway (or better, "Take 3rd exit
      in the roundabout onto MacArthur Highway", but this may be hard if
      the routing software doesn't know it's a roundabout...)<br>
      Reach destination.<br>
      <br>
      Ronny.<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      On 2015-02-19 09:33, Pierre Béland wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9477"><span
            id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9536">Hi Ronny,</span></div>
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          <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9536"></span></div>
        <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9649" dir="ltr"><span
            id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9536">I thought of using the
            new itinary calculation crossing the  Abacan bridge. I can
            see from the map in this area that in Philippines, like
            elsewhere, ref tag is used for roads (here ref=R-9).</span></div>
        <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9878" dir="ltr"><span
            id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9536">See the link for the
            itinary</span></div>
        <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9855" dir="ltr"><span
            id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9536"><a
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href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=osrm_car&route=15.1682%2C120.5893%3B15.1426%2C120.5962#map=15/15.1554/120.5929">http://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=osrm_car&route=15.1682%2C120.5893%3B15.1426%2C120.5962#map=15/15.1554/120.5929</a></span></div>
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        <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9766" dir="ltr"><span
            id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_9536">With OSRM, it does show
            the ref-R-9 but do not report bridge crossing.</span> With
          Mapquest, there is even less info.</div>
        <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_10312" dir="ltr"><br>
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        <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1424307056846_10278" dir="ltr">I wonder if
          OSMAnd on Android or any other road calculation software would
          report bridge crossing.</div>
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                size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b>
                Ronny Ager-Wick <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ronny@ager-wick.com"><ronny@ager-wick.com></a><br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b>
                Eugene Alvin Villar <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:seav80@gmail.com"><seav80@gmail.com></a>; Pierre
                Béland <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pierzenh@yahoo.fr"><pierzenh@yahoo.fr></a> <br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc :</span></b>
                OSM-PH <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:talk-ph@openstreetmap.org"><talk-ph@openstreetmap.org></a> <br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b>
                Mercredi 18 février 2015 20h18<br>
                <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b>
                Re: [talk-ph] Tagging bridges and tunnels<br>
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                    class="yiv7806072733moz-cite-prefix">This is a good
                    point Eugene, and in fact the bridge names are very
                    good landmarks, given that there are not many other
                    signs on the roads in the Philippines, especially in
                    rural areas. Another thing to take into
                    consideration is that many bridges gain their name
                    from the river they cross over, so there may be many
                    bridges with the same name. They are definitely not
                    tagged consistently at the moment, for example:<br
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                    If I remember correctly, they are both named Abacan
                    Bridge, but only one of them has that name on the
                    map, and incidentally the one with a different road
                    name on each side does not.<br clear="none">
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                    Do you know if common routing software will pick up
                    the bridge:name=* tag?<br clear="none">
                    Yes, I know we're not supposed to tag based on what
                    current software will pick up, but it is interesting
                    to know, given that bridges are such great
                    landmarks.<br clear="none">
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                    It would be great with a published suggested
                    standard that fits the Philippine conditions.<br
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                    Ronny.<br clear="none">
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                    On 2015-02-19 08:08, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote:<br
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                          <div>Hi Pierre,<br clear="none">
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                          Most bridges here in the Philippines have
                          names no matter how small. You can usually
                          spot their name on the guard rail or on a
                          small sign just before the bridge. These names
                          are almost always accompanied by the maximum
                          load the bridge can handle (which is tagged
                          using maxweight=*) and sometimes with the
                          distance from the island's zero-kilometer
                          marker (I have no idea how to tag these. Maybe
                          distance=*?).<br clear="none">
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                        Some examples:<br clear="none">
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                          Regards,<br clear="none">
                          Eugene<br clear="none">
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                      <div class="yiv7806072733gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb
                        19, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Pierre Béland <span
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                              <div>Eugene,</div>
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                              <div dir="ltr">I expect that only the
                                major bridges have name. And we
                                generally refer to these by their name
                                and not the road reference. Unless you
                                have particularities in Philippines.</div>
                              <div dir="ltr">Example Golden Gate Bridge
                                in San Francisco bay.</div>
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                                  | ‪Golden Gate Bridge‬ (‪52477381‬)</a><br
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                                      Eugene Alvin Villar <<a
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                                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">À :</span></b>
                                      Ervin Malicdem <<a
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                                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cc :</span></b>
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                                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Envoyé
                                          le :</span></b> Mercredi 18
                                      février 2015 12h35<br clear="none">
                                      <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Objet :</span></b>
                                      Re: [talk-ph] Tagging bridges and
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                                                  <div>Hi Ervin,<br
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                                                  Option 1 is what I do.<br
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                                                Take note that if we
                                                have a way with
                                                highway=something and
                                                bridge=yes, then the
                                                object is primarily a
                                                highway/road and the
                                                bridge is only an aspect
                                                or property of the
                                                highway/road segment.
                                                Therefore, the name=*
                                                tag should be the name
                                                of the highway/road. And
                                                then put the name of the
                                                bridge on the
                                                bridge:name=* tag.<br
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                                              Besides, it will be very
                                              weird to have a long
                                              highway with unconnected
                                              names just because there
                                              are bridges along the
                                              highway.<br clear="none">
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                                              The only time I would put
                                              the name of the bridge on
                                              the name=* tag is if the
                                              roads from both ends of
                                              the bridge have different
                                              names. For example, the
                                              bridge formerly called Del
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                                              <div>~Eugene<br
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                                              <div>On Wed, Feb 18, 2015
                                                at 5:34 PM, Ervin
                                                Malicdem <span
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                                                          <div>Query
                                                          regarding
                                                          tagging
                                                          bridges.<br
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                                                          What is the
                                                          appropriate
                                                          way of tagging
                                                          bridges?<br
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                                                          Option1: Use
                                                          the name of
                                                          the road, and
                                                          place the name
                                                          of the bridge
                                                          under
                                                          bridge:name or
                                                          the name of
                                                          the tunnel
                                                          under
                                                          tunnel:name<br
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                                                        Option2: Use the
                                                        name of the
                                                        bridge/tunnel,
                                                        omit the road
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