[Talk-us] USFS Roads - name and ref

[Paul Johnson]

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 3:24 PM brad <bradhaack at fastmail.com> wrote:

> 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> 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.
>

 Why would that even be necessary to have a ref:usfs subkey on a route
relation, though?  It's already in the NFSR network.
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