[Talk-us] USFS Roads - name and ref

[brad]

On 6/6/20 9:24 AM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 8:24 AM Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:miketho16 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     ref:
>     The wiki states that these should be ref=FR + <what is on the
>     sign>. In practice:
>     * ref:usfs=FS + <what is on the sign>
>     * ref=FS + <what is on the sign>
>     Most of the changesets that added a "ref:usfs" tag include a very
>     helpful comment that this issue was discussed on the tagging list
>     at sometime in the past and that this was the consensus, e.g.
>     [2].  If this continues to be the consensus, can we change the wiki?
>
>
> ref=FS <what's on the sign>
>
> Ultimately consider adding a route relation with 
> network=US:NSFR:Forest Name:FH/FR as well so we can finally kill off 
> route tagging on things that are not routes.  Not sure we really need 
> the FH/FR distinction, however, since within the same forest, they're 
> all the same network: The 2 digit routes are major, the 3 digits are 
> minor (like parking lots and campgrounds) and the 4 digits are usually 
> only usable by log trucks and 4x4s.  Trails are another matter.
>
I prefer ref=FS xxx   too.   I think the tagging discussion that 
suggested ref:usfs was using that for the route relation.
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