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

[Peter Wendorff]

Am 03.03.2012 15:15, schrieb John F. Eldredge:
> 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? 
In Germany these signs exist, but the distances refer to different 
locations.

The sign located at the town border shows the next town's/villages name 
(along the street) and a distance to the mentioned town. This distance 
is the distance along the street up to the point where you enter the 
other town.

A sign in the middle of a road or inside a town, referring to another 
town or city in contrast AFAIK refers to "the center" of that city - 
whatever that is.

regards
Peter