[Tagging] Ref tag

Colin Smale colin.smale at xs4all.nl
Tue Jun 19 12:35:18 BST 2012


Up to the usual standards one has come to expect from these large 
international organisations, I would say.

On 19/06/2012 13:20, Philip Barnes wrote:
>
> "There is no ferry between Kingston upon Hull and Esbjerg. An 
> alternative ferry is available from Harwich (350 km/220 mi from 
> Kingston upon Hull) to Esbjerg".
>
> A well thought out route?
>
>
> Phil
> --
>
> Sent from my Nokia N9
>
>
> On 19/06/2012 11:46 Colin Smale wrote:
>
> Strictly speaking the international E-numbers are routes, not roads. The
> European Route Network is overlaid on top of the national networks and
> doesn't bother about international boundaries. In Belgium however it is
> very common to use the E-route numbers on signs instead of any local
> A-number where a motorway is part of the ERN. In this case I would say
> that int_ref and ref should have the same value - ref should be used for
> what's on the signs. If the motorway has an underlying A-number (purely
> for administrative purposes) then this might fit in nat_ref.
>
> In the UK, the E-numbers are not signed at all, but there are ERN routes
> there. For example the E20:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E20 which runs from Ireland
> to Russia.
>
> Colin
>
> On 19/06/2012 11:06, Martin Vonwald wrote:
> > The reason why I'm asking is the SS3bis/E45 in Italy:
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E20
> >
> > It is the first road I've seen where the ref tag contains the
> > international ref and not the national ref (besides int_ref and
> > nat_ref).
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > 2012/6/19 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com 
> <mailto:dieterdreist at gmail.com>>:
> >> +1,
> >> I'd put the national ref in "ref" and the international ref in 
> "int_ref".
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_route_E20
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