[Talk-us] note to armchair mappers about NYS routes & ref tags

[Evin Fairchild]

These unsigned reference route numbers probably should use the
unsigned_ref=* tag. Seems like the best compromise.

-Evin (compdude)

On Nov 29, 2017 6:24 PM, "Richard Welty" <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:

> i have spotted what appears to be an armchair mapper making an
> inappropriate
> set of edits to some NYS routes this past summer; i have sent the mapper
> a note
> through the OSM message system but thought this could use a broader
> audience,
> so that certain inappropriate ref tag settings _don't_ get made.
>
> NY state has a not-quite-secret route numbering system called reference
> routes.
> these routes have numbers in the 900 range, and have a single character
> suffix.
> Examples are 910F, 914V and so forth and so on.
>
> these route numbers never, with 4 well documented exceptions, _never_
> appear on
> conventional highway signage (the exceptions are 961F, 962J, 990L and
> 990V).
>
> an example of incorrectly setting a ref tag to 910F is here:
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/68519517
>
> there are no black-and-white NYS route signs carrying the number 910F, so
> convention dictates that if these designations are to be tagged at all, it
> should be in unsigned_ref or other similar tag.
>
> i haven't heard back from the mapper who added these yet, but am giving it
> a little more time before i go and fix this up myself.
>
> so anyway, it's fun to learn about things like this numbering system, but
> please don't screw up the map by putting these numbers in the ref tags.
> they don't belong there.
>
> for anyone who cares, the entire list of these numbers appears here:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reference_routes_in_New_York
>
> richard
>
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