[talk-au] Alphanumeric road names in NSW/Qld..

[Ian Sergeant]

Hi,

I notice that Queensland and NSW seem to be (slowly) joining Vic, Tas & SA
with alphanumeric road mnemonics

The Queensland motorways are becoming "M" numbers, and associated "A"
roads.

The Sydney metroads look like becoming "M" roads and "A" roads.  So Metroad
2 along Windsor Road and the Hills Motorway (M2) will just be the A2 and
M2.

This has to be good news, as we don't have to worry so much about rendering
the non-standard hexagonal boxes, or the ugly "Metroad" tag on Sydney
routes.  The new A symbol is a standard looking oblong box.

The nature of OSM also means we should be able to incorporate these changes
much quicker than any published maps..

Ian.