[Talk-us] [Warning: Potential Flamewar] Clarifying InterstateRelations

[Apollinaris Schoell]

>  there is a major disconnect between what people think is "right" and what
> the wiki calls for. from
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Interstate_Highways_Relations
>
> we see:
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> network=US:I, US:I:BUSINESS, US:I:DOWNTOWN, US:I:FUTURE      Required.
> Business, downtown and future routes have their own signage
>
> and
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> ref=*                                     Required. ex. 90
>
> and many people have been busy building relations to fit this
> specification.
>
> from
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/United_States_Numbered_Highway_Relations
>
> network=US:US
> ref=*     ex. 20
>
> and so forth.
>
>
>
>  anyone can edit the wiki. I can't remember there was an agreement that is
the right thing to do. As far as I know there is no renderer or other tool
using the ref/network tags from the relation. And for that reason I didn't
really care if it makes sense or not.
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