[Tagging] [Talk-us] "refs" describing routes instead of ways

[Paul Johnson]

On 12/22/2010 01:47 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Paul Johnson <baloo-PVOPTusIyP/srOwW+9ziJQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On 12/20/2010 02:41 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo-PVOPTusIyP/srOwW+9ziJQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>> the way's ACTUAL reference number.
>>>
>>> Meaning?
>>
>> Well, in context of the thread that spawned this particular question,
>> the ref= and network= for the route would be 169 and US:US, but the ref
>> of the way itself would be 169-72-83 east of the east side of the
>> overpass over Memorial Drive, and TR-72-98 west of that same location.
>> Memorial Drive starting with the connector ramps on the north side of
>> the underpass going south would be 64-72-06 and north of that location
>> would have no reference.
> 
> I'm not seeing how this is the "ACTUAL reference number" - it's just a
> way ODOT refers to segments of road for some internal uses.

It's the reference number that actually belongs to the way.  Most US
highway departments, if not all of them, have these numbers posted on
markers along the way and most highway departments use the way
references almost exclusively in engineering documents, public hearings
and with contractors.  It's data that is at least on level with survey
markers in terms of importance, and at least those have a consistent
method for tagging.


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