[Talk-us] Route Relation Nitpicking

[Apollinaris Schoell]

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Phil! Gold <phil_g at pobox.com> wrote:

> I started experimenting with rendering route shields the other day, and I
> figured it would be nice to use route relations as my source.  The wiki
> says that the ref= tag on a relation should not include the network
> identifier[0], which makes sense, since there's a separate network tag.
> When I looked, though, I found a lot of relations putting it in (as well
> as other things, sometimes--US 1 in Maryland had a ref of "US 1
> (DC/MD/PA)", which I moved to the name= tag (which might still be
> incorrect, but at least it's less incorrect)).
>
>
in osm there is no such thing as correct. everything is allowed. there are
only agreed standards. but for route relations there is just a mess. up to
now they aren't used anywhere so it doesn't matter. if you prepare a good
rendering it will be an incentive to standardize.



> How consistent are the US route relations?  Should the relations with
> network information in the ref= tags be updated, or should the wiki be
> changed to document current behavior?
>
>
wiki should be updated. reality of many mappers should rule over wiki
written by one


[0] I note that this is the opposite of the ref= tag on the roads
>    themselves, where the network info is included and it seems there are
>    debates as to whether dashes or spaces should separate the network and
>    number.
>

it should be easy for mappers as first priority. if it's good for software
even better.
with 2 tags there is no discussion about separators and it's also easier to
combine them in the desired format. also typos like 2 spaces instead one
will be less common




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