[Talk-us] US Interstate exit junction exit_to tag

Nathan Edgars II neroute2 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 9 03:43:46 BST 2011


On 4/8/2011 10:31 PM, James Mast wrote:
> Well, I was just testing MapQuest and it thinks that I-74's split there
> from I-77 is the main highway (somewhat).
> http://open.mapquest.com/?le=t&hk=7-OEgrKIB6&vs
> <http://open.mapquest.com/?le=t&hk=7-OEgrKIB6&vs>=
> It says "Stay STRAIGHT to go onto I-74 E." The problem is it's a "Left"
> exit.
> The line should say something like: "Take Left Exit #101 to continue on
> I-74 East towards Mt Airy/Winston-Salem." This is what Google says on
> their map: "Slight left at *I-74 E* (signs for *Mt Airy/Winston -
> Salem*)". Heck, I've been fighting with Google trying to get them to
> mention the Exit number for that step as well, but haven't had much luck.
> This is what we need to work with MapQuest to fix. Maybe a special
> "exit_left=yes" or "left_exit=yes" tag?

There's also a problem when a highway ends and both directions at the 
end have an exit number. Here we might need to use a relation.



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