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

[SK53]

FWIW I took a peek at the latest OS Open Roads data and it has "A8", but
also "A-road".

On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 at 01:17, yasslay <yasslayosm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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