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

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 8/22/2011 12:05 PM, Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>> 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.
>
> There are some little-known fields in OSM data called "latitude" and
> "longitude", which allow you to find out what country an object is in. :)

And what state, despite the implications of some here.