<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 6:32 PM Paul Johnson <<a href="mailto:baloo@ursamundi.org">baloo@ursamundi.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><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 dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 4:41 PM Zeke Farwell <<a href="mailto:ezekielf@gmail.com" target="_blank">ezekielf@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="ltr"><div>I'm sure loc_name="The 5" probably would be appropriate on route relation as that is what the locals call it 😉. But that's beside the point. Vermont Route 15 (and many other Vermont state highways) is literally signed with that name on street name signs. It's the real name, not just a colloquialism. <br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kw6yjtpd0" alt="Screen Shot 2021-11-19 at 5.30.39 PM.png" width="561" height="437"></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This looks like noname=yes, ref=VT 15. <br></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>¯\_(ツ)_/¯  To me it looks like name="VT Route 15", ref="VT 15" <br></div><div><br></div>I've heard "names aren't refs" or "refs aren't names" repeated many times but never with a clear argument for why it's problematic to include the route number in the name field. So I assume it must not be an actual problem. I don't care that much if a segment of VT-15 is tagged as <b>noname=yes</b> (less useful) or <b>name="VT Route 15"</b> (more useful). Mostly I care about it <b><i>not</i></b> being tagged <b>name="Grand Army of the Republic Highway"</b>. Despite being "official", that name is not helpful for navigation at all. <br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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