[Talk-ca] Revisiting exits with “names” in Ontario and Quebec

[Jherome Miguel]

These exit “names” I’ve been long seeing all around Ontario as well as
parts of Quebec are map clutter, often duplicates those tagged as ramp
destinations, and also creates a false impression these provinces have
different tagging guidelines for highway exits from the rest of Canada as
well as our neighbours stateside. Add to the problem is the usual Ontarian
way of referring to exits as “[road name/destination] exit” instead of
“exit [number]” due to historical factors (Ontario didn’t have exit
numbering until around the late 90s); Québécois also has similar usage
(being “la sortie [destination/road]” in French), so the thing in Ontario
is also what I’m seeing in parts of Quebec (though Quebec has been long
using exit numbers since the first autoroutes were built). Earlier in this
thread, such “names” (take for example “Highway 26/Bayfield Street exit”
for Highway 400 exit 98 in Barrie) has been considered a description and as
such, references to those “names” should be all mopped up.

On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 12:44 PM John Whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I must have missed your post describing why you wish to and have been
> removing information from the map.
>
> Be nice and explain it all again please.
>
> By the way Danny is a fairly experienced mapper.
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Cheerio John
>
>
> Jherome Miguel wrote on 7/4/2021 2:39 PM:
>
> I found my previous edits on Highway 400 exits in Barrie undone again, the
> destination clutter restored again as names by “DannyMcD”. Anyone willing
> to contact this guy, as well as the few others who have been restoring the
> “exit name” clutter after being removed? No more time to let this clutter
> remain on the map.
>
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