[Talk-us] Mass Pike naming convention

[Paul Johnson]

On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 3:50 PM Brian M. Sperlongano <zelonewolf at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> If I wanted to build a map that shows roads "as would be locally
> experienced", placing "Mass Pike" in alt_name fails miserably at this.
>

Or you could render alt_name when available instead of name.  That and
loc_name are great places to document slang like "Mass Pike" to refer to
that turnpike.


> Of the common options, you really need short_name or loc_name to express
> the concept that exists here.  Something like signed_name would be what
> really gets the point across, but that's not in a key in common use because
> the signed name normally goes in name= !
>
> On that note, I'm pretty sure we want loc_name=Mass Ave to be put on the
> road in Boston/Cambridge...
>

Sounds about right.
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