[Talk-us] Unsigned routes (Re: shields and overlaps)

[Nathan Edgars II]

On 6/4/2011 7:06 PM, Chris Lawrence wrote:
> Reminds me, we need to add some notation for unsigned routes in
> relations (the only approaches I can think of are either to tag it as
> roles on each member, with things like "unsigned;west" sometimes -
> which is icky but would work - or having separate relations for
> unsigned routes).  This is one area OSM could really be an improvement
> over Google Maps etc that direct people to follow "FL 600" and the
> like.

I've been creating separate relations with unsigned_ref=* and using 
unsigned_ref on the ways (example: 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/relation/23154). This of course 
doesn't work so well when a piece in the middle is unsigned (Arkansas 
and US 63, yuck). It also fails when the state doesn't have a good 
source for where the unsigned route goes (Florida and SR 35 through Bartow).

As for Florida, I never tagged the unsigned routes in the first place. 
I'd certainly be willing to add them, but as mentioned the routing isn't 
always clear.