[Talk-us] Highway Tagging Consensus to Improve OSM (and address some of 41 latitude's concerns)

[Alex Mauer]

On 10/25/2010 04:31 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>> I totally agree.  My point is just that some people and some states
>> (Michigan, Kansas) feel that the prefix itself is an important part of the
>> reference number: “The M in the state highway numbers is an integral part of
>> the designation…Michigan highways are properly referred to using the M and
>> never as ‘Route 28’ or ‘Highway 28’”.
>
> It's part of the name when you're talking about the route, just like
> one would say "I-95" or "US 1". It's not part of the designation as
> shown in shields, either on the ground or on maps.

Oh, really?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M-28.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Highway_System