[Talk-us] Use of ref-tag on state highways

[Henk Hoff]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 8/20/2011 1:50 PM, Val Kartchner wrote:
>
>>
>> And once we set "our" standard here in the US, how do we get it adopted
>> world-wide?
>>
>
> Exactly my point. Great Britain is fine with ref=M1 despite there being an
> M1 in many other countries - and even in Northern Ireland, part of the same
> country.
>
>
UK is not USA is not Argentina is not Germany.

The difference with the UK example is that there is a consistency: M1 = M1.
In the case of Arkansas we're talking about AR 26, Hwy 26 and possibly in
the future also 26. All being a ref for the same State Highway. That is the
problem.
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