[Talk-ca] "Highway X" and the like as names

[Kevin Farrugia]

In Ontario highways have names found in government data and are signed with
those names, so I'd keep them here. The number is simply a reference number
to the actual full name, or in the case of the QEW a short form for the
full name.
-Kevin

On Wed., Jan. 19, 2022, 5:58 p.m. Martin Chalifoux via Talk-ca, <
talk-ca at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> No. It is the rendering engine job’s to remove it if it chooses to. But we
> must include it. It is not possible to infer how a road is designated ie
> road, highway, parkway, street, avenue etc. This is meaningful info to
> include.
>
> Martin Chalifoux
> *E* martin.chalifoux at icloud.com
> *C* 514-233-9701
>
> On Jan 19, 2022, at 17:50, Jherome Miguel <jheromemiguel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Should we be removing or replacing "Highway x" and the like names as
> redundant with highway number (tagged ref=), as like what is already being
> done south of the border? I've done this with roads in Alberta, either
> removing them or replacing them with range/township road numbers where
> posted (in provinces that follow Dominion land system) or other posted road
> names, or route names as found in trailblazer signs, but some of those
> "names" got restored.
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