[OSM-newbies] Tagging multiple "refs"

[Richard Weait]

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Charlotte Wolter <techlady at techlady.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
>         Does anyone know how to format the "ref" tag a way that includes
> multiple highway routes, such as, a way that is the route for two US
> highways. I have seen them tagged a couple of ways. One is to separate the
> ref numbers with a semicolon, as in "US 64; US 98" Another is to tag the
> first as "ref=US 64" and the second as "ref_1=US 98." Are either of those
> correct?

Neither of those is ideal.  Use a separate relation for each route relation.