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

[John Whelan]

So you haven't discussed it with anyone especially local mappers merely 
decided what should be done?

I seem to recall Danny and others are known to be more open to 
discussion after being fed their second cup of coffee.

Would you like to open a discussion on the matter?

Are we taking into account old fogies who might be used to seeing this 
information or are you suggesting we reeducate them?

Just as a point of reference I have been living in Ontario since before 
1990 by the way.

Changing things is expensive as I've already said recently.

Thanks

Cheerio John



Jherome Miguel wrote on 7/4/2021 3:59 PM:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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