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

Metcalf, Calvin (DOT) calvin.metcalf at state.ma.us
Sat Aug 20 19:20:14 BST 2011


Id sugest a tag for route system.   ie ref=xxx
rtsys=usma etc and for route that are in multiple systems (ie I95 which is also MA 128 for much of it in ma) you can add ref:sec and rtsys:sec.
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---Original Message---
From: "Henk Hoff" <toffehoff at gmail.com>
Sent: 8/20/2011 2:13 pm
To: talk-us at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Use of ref-tag on state highways

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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