[OSM-talk] cadastre, ways, rendering

[Mike Collinson]

At 02:20 AM 23/01/2007, Kristian Thy wrote:
>On Mon, Jan 22, Dirk-Lüder Kreie wrote:
> > > - If I understood correctly we should use 
> the "ref" property to assign names
> > > like "A8", ... What if a street has two 
> such names? (like for instance A8 and
> > > E88)
> >
> > ref=A8 int_ref=E88
> >
> > However the problem remains if the street has two refs. I have this
> > problem in Bremen and no idea how to solve this.
>
>There are also places where the same road has multiple E-numbers (for
>instance, between Copenhagen and Køge, E20, E47 and E55 share the same
>stretch of road). I suggest filling in the ref and int_ref keys with
>semicolon-separated value like "int_ref=E20;E47;E55".


I have similar situation in Australia and have 
done similar with comma separated values like 
"ref=Metroad 11, State 21, State 33".  I don't if 
there is any particular advantage to either convention.

Mike
Manila