[talk-au] Adopting "AU" Prefix on Network tags

[Dian Ågesson]

Hi Andrew,

I really like what you're suggesting here. I'll adjust the draft I 
linked earlier to reflect what you've proposed below.

If everyone is happy with the draft we can integrate it into our tagging 
guidelines proper.

Dian

On 2022-08-18 08:51, Andrew Hughes wrote:

> Hi Dian,
> 
> Working with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator and having data that 
> honours the jurisdiction geography (I.e. state/territory border) is 
> invaluable to us.
> 
> I believe... Ways and State Route (relations) should split at the 
> border. State routes typically form as members of the national route... 
> therefore I would say ..
> 1. Ways are split or borders
> 2. Ways are members of state route relations  network=AU:QLD
> 3. State relations are members of a national relation (if they make up 
> the national network) network=AU
> 
> I believe there is far less entropy in this convention as well.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2022, 2:38 pm Dian Ågesson, <me at diacritic.xyz> wrote:
> 
> Excellent pick up Ben.
> 
> For routes that cross state borders, I would favour using AU:NAT (or 
> AU:COM/AU:FED/AU:AUS, something that says "interstate or national).
> 
> I could also see an argument for creating a seperate relation for each 
> state, with a national superrelation.... To be that seems like too much 
> overhead.
> 
> Dian
> 
> On 2022-08-12 04:15, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2022 at 13:37, Ben Kelley <ben.kelley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm guessing more than one state has an A40.
> 
> & how would we work "Highway 1", with its myriad of alternative 
> designations & names?
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_1_(Australia)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Graeme
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