[Talk-us] State ref tags on ways

[Richard Welty]

On 3/11/14 6:33 PM, Peter Davies wrote:
> CR and CH s are troubling.  Minnesota has numerous CH 1 s or CR 1 s.  So do
> most states.  So whether we write CR 1, CH 1, or 1 it won't be unique even
> in the state, let alone between states.  I do not have a unique solution to
> propose. Fortunately most regional traffic events happen on state routes
> (e.g., CA, US, I ) and most CR events are of local interest only.  But I
> would request that we use a consistent labeling for CR s, for which I would
> propose "CR n" so at least we know it's not a state route.
>
> I guess I feel strongly about this ...  :)
>
the long term solution on CR/CH is to move to relations.

in the short term, on ways, make sure to add the network tag, e.g.

network=US:NY:Washington

for Washington County. (some places they use US:NY:CR:Washington
which might be better, i don't know).

richard

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