[Tagging] Extremely long names for highways

[John Eldredge]

One thing that you are likely to find is that some highways will have 
multiple names in local use. For example, if a highway with an official 
name of Route X leads from town Alpha to town Bravo, people in town Alpha 
are likely to refer to it both as Route X and also as the Bravo Road. 
People in town Bravo are likely to refer to it as Route X and also as the 
Alpha Road.  The highway department, on the other hand, is likely to simply 
say Route X.

-- 
John F. Eldredge -- john at jfeldredge.com
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot 
drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.



On September 27, 2015 8:04:48 AM Martin Koppenhoefer 
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:

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>> Am 27.09.2015 um 14:33 schrieb Peter <graphhopper at gmx.de>:
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>> we will then know that there is no real road name
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> you will know that there is no real road name if you go there and survey 
> whether there are signs with a posted road name or not, and if not you 
> could ask local people and look up official sources. This is surely not 
> something you should do from remote. The best thing to do from far away 
> might be getting in contact with the local mappers and point them to a 
> potential problem.
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> Cheers
> Martin
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