[Talk-GB] [OSM-talk] Improving ref=* documentation

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Aug 5, 2021, 14:04 by ajt1047 at gmail.com:

> In GB, following a bit of to and fro, the most common way of expressing "something used by the highway authority but unsigned and not used by anyone else except perhaps people at https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/" is "highway_authority_ref":
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> http://taginfo.geofabrik.de/europe/great-britain/search?q=ref
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> For completeness, I consume this tag (and many other alternatives) for map.atownsend.org.uk, and names and refs that probably aren't signed appear in brackets.
>
Would it be correct to describe it as covering the same as unsigned_ref
"Indicates a route number that has assigned ref that is not prominently signposted with
a reassurance marker."

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:unsigned_ref <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:unsigned_ref#Usage>

but with less confusing name for cases where road authority signed this unused code?

I want to create wiki page for it as it seems a better named tag for the same
case as unsigned_ref.

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