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

[John Whelan]

I think my acid test would be what address would I use to call emergency 
services?  Remembering these can be federal, provincial or municipal.

Cheerio John

Jherome Miguel wrote on 1/22/2022 10:51 PM:
> I may fall back on using "Highway X" or something similar when it's 
> predominantly or consistently used across the stretch of road within 
> the same municipality or another where the highway runs, but there are 
> some instances addresses within the same municipality or another along 
> the same numbered highway may use another road name. For example, one 
> property will use "Highway X" on their address while another property 
> nearby or further down the road (within the same municipality or 
> another) uses "Range Road XX" or something like that. Another issue is 
> with the naming of service/frontage roads ("service road" common usage 
> in Alberta), but that's another story and may be complex as they may 
> have their own names (e.g. Highway 16A service roads in Spruce Grove 
> and Acheson, and Yellowhead service roads in Edmonton, many of which 
> are pre-existing roads or grid roads).
>
> Also an additional thought, this issue may also apply to grid roads as 
> well, as they may get prominent names often posted in advance at 
> highway intersections, but in many cases addresses will be using the 
> grid road number (either based on city/town grid or Alberta/Dominion 
> survey grid).
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 8:02 PM john whelan <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jwhelan0112 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     So in your example of a house address I personally would fall back
>     on the official Canada Post mailing address and use that highway
>     name for the name or is that too simple?
>
>     Cheerio John
>
>
>
>     On Sat, Jan 22, 2022, 9:46 PM Jherome Miguel,
>     <jheromemiguel at gmail.com <mailto:jheromemiguel at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         I’m talking about predominant usage to record in the name=*
>         tag, which can be uncertain, and you might want a name that
>         should be the most useful for the most data users. In this
>         situation, you got some name in addition to "Highway X".
>         Sometimes, those names are commonly used (e.g. Trans-Canada,
>         QE2, Yellowhead, Anthony Henday), and in others, its just the
>         number (as in my local examples; the road has name[s] but is
>         more commonly referred to by number). The name is on signs at
>         intersections, interchanges or on-/off-ramps or the
>         trailblazer at about every 20 km, but locals will use the
>         highway number for directions or rural addressing. I did
>         replace cases of "Highway X" across Alberta, but the address
>         signs may say something as "1234 Highway X", and/or the locals
>         will use the highway number for wayfinding.
>
>
>
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