[Talk-GB] highway_authority_ref vs official_ref

[Nathan Case]

On 11/04/2022 14:15, Andy Townsend wrote:
> Just to be clear (see e.g. 
> https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/osm-deep-history/#/way/5098683 ) the 
> "highway_authority_ref" tags in Scotland were moved back to "ref" by 
> the same user that added it in the first place.  I personally wouldn't 
> have done that, but I'm not from Scotland and therefore my opinion is 
> considerably less relevant :)


Well, some maybe but not all.

There are still plenty of roads in Scotland with the 
"highway_authority_ref" tag: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1hzX Some added 
in the original changeset, others more recently (e.g. 
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/105378494).