[OSM-talk] Duplicate TIGER ways along county lines

[Shaun McDonald]

When I'm fixing these, I just delete one of the ways in OSM and make  
sure that all the other connections are correct. It really doesn't  
matter about the tiger tags. As I don't know where there are county  
boundaries, I've just been leaving them as is (though occasionally  
been having to move them out of the way).

Shaun

On 24 Aug 2009, at 03:51, dasdjenne at comcast.net wrote:

> Good evening,
>
> I have been editing the map around Denver, CO, but so far have  
> avoided fixing duplicate ways straddling county lines.  I.e., one  
> physical way is represented by two ways, one for each county.  For a  
> correct and visually pleasing map, ease in joining intersecting  
> ways, etc., I think it would be better to have only a single merged  
> way on the map corresponding to the lone physical way.   Will that  
> agree with OSM standards?  If it will, some tags and values may have  
> to be modified.  Assuming merging the ways in this manner is  
> acceptable:
>
> How necessary is it to preserve left and right county names (the  
> county line is present and should have this information)?
> How necessary is it to preserve left and right zip codes in the way  
> data? (These are frequently inaccurate, and I would prefer not to  
> have to research them).
> Should the two different TLIDs be combined in the TLID tag and  
> separated with a semi-colon?
>
> Some county lines are conveniently located along divided highways.   
> In these cases, I have been simply migrating each of the two ways to  
> the correct side of the median while paying careful attention to the  
> way’s direction and the various left and right tags.
>
> Thanks for any input.
> Dave J
>
>
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