[Talk-us] REF tags for State Highways on ways

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 4/8/2011 2:00 PM, James Mast wrote:
> I just thought I would throw this out there so this can be settled once
> and for all. Which ref tag setup do you think should be used for State
> Highways on ways (not relations)? "PA-44" or "44".
There's a third way: use the correct abbreviation. So Florida, if a 
prefix is used, would have SR, not FL. Pennsylvania, on the other hand, 
would use PA.

 > The reason I'm asking
> is because I've seen several people put the state abbreviation in the
> ref field and some people don't. Heck, I'm guilty of doing it both ways
> myself. In some states you see it both ways (NY;KY), some states you see
> just the number (FL), and some states have the state abbreviation +
> number (CA).
>
> So, we really need to all come to an agreement on which way we should
> use in all the states.
Good luck. I tried a year ago.

 > Because it doesn't look good having two different
> ways to do it and it should be standardized.

It looks fine on Mapquest, which removes the prefix. (This however 
causes issues with county routes, forest routes, and other such systems.)