[Tagging] road names and refs

[Paul Johnson]

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 4:07 PM Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > should 'ref' be 'CR 12', and then "name='County Road 12'"
>
> Sure, if local addresses say “123 County Road 12” and local people say “I
> live on County Road 12”.
>
> If the name is “Old County Road 12”, that would clearly be a name, not a
> ref.
>
> In my hometown, the main road was California highway 96, so “ref=CA 96”
> but we called it “Highway 96” so “name=Highway 96”.
>

I think you're confusing name=* with addr:street=* in that case, Joseph.
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