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

[Steve Bennett]

On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 1:15 AM, John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com> wrote:
> 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?

Yes - usually abbreviated to just one or two letters, eg "MB 40" might
mean 40km to Mt Beauty. But I don't think we have precise markers
indicating where exactly in town those distances are taken from.

Steve