[Tagging] Tag ref on motorway_link

[Toby Murray]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Andrew Errington <erringtona at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:47:40 Martin Vonwald (imagic) wrote:
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > I'm wondering what ref should be used on slip roads/ramps of a motorway
>> > (not the junction node, but the way tagged with motorway_link). Up to
>> > now
>> > I've seen: * the reference of the junction
>> > * the reference of the motorway
>> > * the reference of the junction not in the ref tag but in junction:ref
>> > * nothing (neither ref nor junction:ref)
>> >
>> > In the Wiki (English and German) I couldn't find an answer.
>> >
>> > Any opinions/comments/hints are welcome.
>>
>> I suggest 'nothing'
>
>
> I agree.  Exception: If a route follows that highway, the route's ref,
> assuming the relation for that route doesn't exist yet.  In which it's
> probably better to create the relation if you have the time.

This is what I do as well. Although I'm still duplicating route
relation info in way ref tags. But that's another matter entirely.

Toby