[Talk-GB] Status regarding the 'A8(M)' near Baillieston, Glasgow

[yasslay]

Copying other maps???

I cited Bing Streetside imagery (a source used in OSM, which is integrated
into the iD website editor) as a source, which clearly shows the motorway
start sign being M8. (See attached link in the original post)

The other was the DfT count stats, which listed it as being the A8, however
I doubt this because the motorway is signed as the M8 when leaving the
roundabout (see attached link regarding that too in the original post).

I hope this explains my concerns regarding the current numbering of the
spur.

On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 at 01:11, Timothy Noname <hervbeof at gmail.com> wrote:

> The only way to check that really is by contacting the council or highways
> agency, otherwise you're just copying other maps.
>
> On Sat, 21 Jan 2023, 00:51 yasslay, <yasslayosm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is more regarding the actual number of the motorway rather than the
>> status. The motorway start sign at the road designated this as a motorway
>> which is signed as the M8 (M73). It just seems unlikely that this would be
>> numbered the A8(M).
>>
>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 at 00:49, Timothy Noname <hervbeof at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If there are signs that prohibit cyclists, pedestrians, mopeds and
>>> invalid vehicles, then it's a motorway. If they aren't prohibited, it's an
>>> A road
>>>
>>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2023, 19:40 yasslay, <yasslayosm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> I noticed that there's been a bit of a mapping war in the last year or
>>>> so regarding the status of the
>>>> 'A8(M)' near Baillieston, Glasgow.
>>>>
>>>> While I am not particularly familiar with the area, I looked
>>>> through the way history (https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/412543014 for
>>>> reference) and found that there'd been a bunch of edits with some users
>>>> removing the numbering from the A8(M) (one even went as far to remove the
>>>> motorway status from it) and others who kept on adding the numbering back
>>>> to the short motorway.
>>>>
>>>> In my personal opinion, I think the numbering's been discarded as shown
>>>> by this bit of Bing Streetside imagery (
>>>> https://www.bing.com/maps?cp=55.852734%7E-4.09686&lvl=17.0&v=2&sV=1&style=x&dir=93.3&pi=-6.7)
>>>> which refers to it as a spur of the M8 and the entrance onto the spur from
>>>> the big roundabout just says A8, which is further reinforced by a counting
>>>> reference on the DfT's website (
>>>> https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints/91185) referring to
>>>> it as just the A8, but I'd say the appropriate tagging for this would be
>>>> ref=M8 and highway_authority_ref=A8 or something.
>>>>
>>>> I decided to post this here as a way to see what everyone thinks of the
>>>> situation before any action is taken upon it.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> yasslay
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