[Talk-us] MapQuest Open Maps now has proper state shields

[Michal Migurski]

On Dec 9, 2012, at 9:21 PM, Toby Murray wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 9:37 PM, James Mast <rickmastfan67 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I was just looking at their tiles tonight and they've updated them to
>> include state shields!!  Saw shields for PA, SC, MD, VA, WV, CA, and NY for
>> starters.  Maybe now we should all agree to use the proper state
>> abbreviation for the "ref" tags on the ways instead of not having them at
>> all (Florida), or just "SR".
> 
> Interesting. Anyone know when this happened? Last time I looked I seem
> to recall generic square shields with any state abbreviations stripped
> out. I also don't see any change to their stylesheet on github. I'm
> mostly curious if they switched to route relations or if they are
> still going off of the ref tag on ways.


I would guess ref tags, based on the two mismatched 24’s here:
	http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=37.82443&lon=-122.26695&zoom=15&layers=Q

Likely due to inconsistent refs on ways like these:
	http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/28183735
	http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/6348404

-mike.

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