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

[yasslay]

I find it interesting as to why there's so many conflicting sources
regarding the matter. I'd say to tag it as the M8 now, add the M73 as an
alternative number, and then the A8(M) as the highway authority number as
the A8(M) number is no longer signed at the roundabout(s) from the looks on
Streetside imagery.

On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 1:18 PM Michael Booth <boothym at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Scottish trunk/motorway network in OSM is based on the official list
> of trunk roads published by Transport Scotland here:
> https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/official-list-of-trunk-roads/
>
> That list says it should A8(M), as shown by the two grid references on
> the map
>
> https://gridreferencefinder.com/osm/?gr=NS6912064150|269120_s__c__s_664150|1,NS6883064140|268830_s__c__s_664140|1&v=r&labels=1
>
> On 20/01/2023 19:38, yasslay 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
> > <
> 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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