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

[Tony Shield]

Coincidentally saw reference to this in the Manchester Evening News  
talking about website  Pethetic Motorways 
https://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/a8m_glasgow/

Source not for use in OSM.

its so short at 300m that signage distance would be longer than the 
motorway itself.


On 21/01/2023 22:32, yasslay wrote:
> 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
>     <https://gridreferencefinder.com/osm/?gr=NS6912064150%7C269120_s__c__s_664150%7C1,NS6883064140%7C268830_s__c__s_664140%7C1&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>
>
>     >
>     <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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