[Talk-us] route relations and non-rendering of shields

[Richard Welty]

On 8/4/13 4:21 PM, Richard Welty wrote:
> there are some NYS routes where we want to build relations, but we don't
> actually want any sort of ref tag or shield rendering, at least not by 
> default.
> these are the NYS reference routes, generally numbered 9xx followed by
> a letter. four of these routes have signs posted, none of the others do.
>
> i've generally, instead of
>
>     ref=
>
> used
>
>     ref:unsigned=
>
> for the reference.  i'm not wedded to this, and am willing to entertain
> alternatives. is there something that is preferable given that the shield
> rendering is coming along?
thinking about it, i could also see setting up a different network tag
for these routes, e.g.

network=US:NY:reference

but then i could argue that the other NYS routes should be in this
network:

network=US:NY:touring