[Tagging] road names and refs

Paul Johnson baloo at ursamundi.org
Thu Jan 30 16:05:18 UTC 2020


On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 8:38 AM Rob Savoye <rob at senecass.com> wrote:

> On 1/30/20 2:08 AM, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
>
> > You asked this back in August and the answers still apply:
>
>   That was as slightly different question about multiple names, and yes,
> still applies.
>
> > "County Road 12" is a ref. It is not a name. People often refer to roads
> by
> > their ref. That's fine. I will say "I'm taking the A3400 to Stratford"
>
>   I'm wondering if "CR 12" or "County Road 12" (the abbreviation
> expanded) was the proper value for a ref. If the abbreviation is fine
> for the ref, should it then have a name that is expanded ? The wiki
> isn't clear.
>

ref=CR 12 would be the correct value.
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