<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Good evening,</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>I have been editing the map around Denver, CO, but so far have avoided fixing duplicate ways straddling county lines.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I.e., one physical way is represented by two ways, one for each county.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For a correct and visually pleasing map, ease in joining intersecting ways, etc., I think it would be better to have only a single merged way on the map corresponding to the lone physical way.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Will that agree with OSM standards?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If it will, some tags and values may have to be modified.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Assuming merging the ways in this manner is acceptable:</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>How necessary is it to preserve left and right county names (the county line is present and should have this information)?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>How necessary is it to preserve left and right zip codes in the way data? (These are frequently inaccurate, and I would prefer not to have to research them).</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Should the two different TLIDs be combined in the TLID tag and separated with a semi-colon?</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Some county lines are conveniently located along divided highways.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In these cases, I have been simply migrating each of the two ways to the correct side of the median while paying careful attention to the way’s direction and the various left and right tags.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Thanks for any input.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Dave J</FONT></P>
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