[Talk-us] Freeway directions

[John F. Eldredge]

Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
> The direction of a US Interstate isn't necessarily the compass
> direction of
> the road.
> 
> For example, this chunk of I-94 is "facing" south, but it's still
> eastbound
> I-94.
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/33098899
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Richard Welty
> <rwelty at averillpark.net>wrote:
> 
> > On 10/17/13 1:52 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote:
> > > The use case would be to distinguish between onramps in routing
> and
> > > guidance. The onramp entrances can be close together, so it helps
> > > tremendously if you can say 'turn right onto Interstate 215 West'
> > > instead of just 'turn right onto Interstate 215'.
> > >
> > hmmm. we're using exit_to (i think) for off ramps, maybe we need
> > entrance_to for on ramps
> >
> > the value would be more or less exactly the text visible on the
> > signage.
> >
> > richard
> >
> >
> >
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Another example would be Interstate 24.  It nominally runs East/West, but the actual alignment is Southeast/Northwest.

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