[OSM-talk] Patch to render names from routes and custom highway shields on a per country basis

[John Smith]

2009/9/21 Liz <edodd at billiau.net>:
> On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Apollinaris Schoell wrote:
>> US is meant for US highway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Highways
>> They uses signs with US printed on it. So the symbol needs the same
>> which is different from US interstates where only a capital I is
>> printed on the shield
> Ok, that would make sense, better than here where we have apparently random
> letter combinations on shields which don't occur on the signs at all
> eg NR  NH  S
> with a numeral which does appear on the highway marker

I don't recall seeing I and US on signs in the US, although it might
have been the case where I've been.

I-270 shield can be seen in this street view shot:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.107159,-83.090973&spn=0,359.855804&z=14&layer=c&cbll=40.107047,-83.090972&panoid=ICjdA1-PhqqvaAIU0LrLdA&cbp=12,20.45,,0,-12.46

US route 33 and state route 161 can be seen here:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.101448,-83.132343&spn=0,359.927902&z=15&layer=c&cbll=40.101653,-83.132123&panoid=fbvnitKC4m487VmCt3QlGQ&cbp=12,237.87,,0,3.5

None of them have lettered prefixes on signs, the lettering occurs
when you refer to them etc.