[Talk-us] Name tag on unnamed, but numbered routes

[Minh Nguyen]

Vào lúc 18:04 2021-11-16, Martijn van Exel đã viết:
> I'd prefer to stick to the convention of mapping what's on the ground, 
> i.e., if there's no name signposted, then don't include a name tag, 
> where there are signposts, mappers should feel free to add that as a name.

And map the signs as traffic_sign=US:D3-1 or US:D3-1a! :-D

> I have a feeling that there are very few truly nameless state / US 
> highways; there are usually abutting homes, businesses -- they have 
> addresses. Counties or cities will signpost them.

In most rural areas, that street name in the address would tend to be a 
systematic name like "State Route 15 North", which a data consumer can't 
rehydrate from a ref=SR 15, so there's no way to completely avoid ever 
putting a systematic name in name=*. (The "North" here refers to a 
quadrant in the county's street address scheme, not to the northbound 
direction.)

To complicate matters, correspondents might refer to the same road by 
variations such as "North State Route 15", "State Route 15", "State Road 
15", "SR 15", "Route 15", "Highway 15", etc. It's possible that street 
name signs may bear all these variations inconsistently, or that none of 
them would be posted because shields are posted instead.

-- 
minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us