[OSM-talk] Map Co-ordinates for towns, etc in UK

[John F. Eldredge]

mick <bareman at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> 
> My original interest was if there was a specific point that said 'this
> is Sometown', where distances to adjacent towns were measured from,
> similar to the Australian convention where the "Zero Point" was set along
> the roadside, at the Post Office which was usually next door to or
> across the road from a 'coaching inn'.
> 
> This point rarely had anything to do with the geographic centre of
> town but served only as a survey benchmark.
> 
> As Phillip, yourself and a few other people have pointed out these
> points have little remaining relevance in current times, especially
> for routing.
> 
> The only place where I've found this concept still in use is
> Queensland Rail's Brisbane suburban network, where the track at
> stations is marked with the distance to Central Station and the
> markings are maintained.
> 
> mick
> 

Here in the USA, highways commonly have signs stating the distance to the next major town.  Are such distance signs no longer used in Australia?

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