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

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 8/24/2011 6:25 PM, Craig Hinners wrote:
> FWIW, I agree with all of Jason's suggestions, below, for the
> relation-level "network" tag values. It mirrors my thinking on the
> matter exactly.

I disagree with putting alternate and business in the network. These 
modifiers are part of the designation, and some states (Arkansas in 
particular) treat them as lettered suffixes rather than separate plates.
>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Use of ref-tag on state highways
>     From: Jason Straub <straub20 at yahoo.com <mailto:straub20 at yahoo.com>>
>     Date: Wed, August 24, 2011 3:37 pm
>     To: "talk-us at openstreetmap.org <mailto:talk-us at openstreetmap.org>"
>     <talk-us at openstreetmap.org <mailto:talk-us at openstreetmap.org>>
>
>     As the person that just got done labelling each TX state highway,
>     I'll chime in here with some comments.
>
>     For the network tag, I think that the labelling should be (country :
>     state network : network within the state : subnetwork in state),
>     while the ref is JUST the number for that highway. So:
>
>     US:I -> Interstate
>     US:I:BUS -> Business Interstate
>     US:US -> US Route
>     US:US:BUS -> Business US Route
>     US:US:ALT:BUS -> Business Alt US Route
>     US:TX -> Texas State Highway
>     US:TX:FM -> Farm to Market
>     US:TX:RM -> Ranch To Market
>     US:TX:FM:Bus -> Business Farm to Market