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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>You could run a script to remove the signposts from the route relations. But, other than digging in the database history, there’s no script which could add them back (proximity of a sign to a route is not a valid criterion). So if you do so, information is indeed lost. Otherwise I can’t see why should it difficult to data consumer to strip the unwanted information before processing the route.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Unless the script preserves the information by storing it by alternative means, I would regard such a script as vandalism.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> pangoSE <pangose@riseup.net> <br><b>Sent:</b> 25 July 2020 18:14<br><b>To:</b> talk@openstreetmap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSM-talk] Removing all signposts from relations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<br><br>Recently it was discussed whether to have signposts in route relations. I suggest we delete them from all relations by running a script.<br>I se no loss of information doing that and a benefit to data consumers wanting to sort and calculate the length and height profile of the relation which I think should only contain unclosed ways belonging to the route.<br><br>What do you think?<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>