Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[Andrew Lester]

While standardization may be nice, it often won't be possible even within a 
single country. As has already been discussed, there are differing conventions 
in different provinces, so please don't try to apply a single plan to all 
provinces. How the TCH is handled in OSM will vary depending on the province. 

For example, in BC (and some other western provinces), the TCH carries the 1 
ref. In some places where other ref'ed highways coincide with the TCH, the ref 
is recorded as "ref=1;19", for example. There are places within cities where 
the TCH runs on city roads with different names (e.g. Douglas Street in 
Victoria), so those ways are named with the local name and the TCH name is 
recorded in the alt_name or nat_name tag (a separate argument is which one of 
these to use). An alternate name should never be added to the primary name in 
brackets like proposed. That's exactly what the alt_name (and similar) tags are 
for. There are also many places where Trans-Canada Highway is the official 
local name of the road, like most of the highway in BC. 

As for the correct spelling of the TCH, I think it would be fairly 
uncontroversial to standardize the name to "Trans-Canada Highway" or "Route 
Transcanadienne" where it's appropriate to use the TCH name, because those are 
the official spellings. Any variants can be considered errors. 

As for varying highway classifications, this is correct and to be expected. 
Unlike the US interstate system, the Trans-Canada Highway network varies in 
construction and importance all across the country, so the classification can't 
be standardized to just motorway or trunk. There are sections where primary is 
the most appropriate, and possibly even secondary in some places. Just on 
Vancouver Island alone, the roads designated as the TCH vary from a six-lane 
motorway all the way down to a two-lane effectively-tertiary road. 

Since there will need to be a lot of local knowledge required for such a 
project, I strongly recommend that this project not be undertaken by Telenav. 
This is the kind of work that Canadians should be doing, being the most 
familiar with the on-the-ground situation which will dictate how the highway is 
handled in each province. The numerous past issues with Telenav's contributions 
is also a factor that can't be ignored. Does it really make sense for a team of 
Romanians with a history of questionable decisions to be making sweeping 
changes to the Canadian national highway network? At least they've brought a 
proposal to the community this time rather than just push forward with a faulty 
plan like they have in the past. I'm still cleaning up after previous Telenav 
projects in my area that added countless non-existent turn restrictions and 
names and also removed valid data. 

Andrew 
Victoria, BC, Canada 


From: "Olivia Robu - (p)"  
To: "talk-ca"  
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 4:20:16 AM 
Subject: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research 



Hello, 

The Telenav Map team has done some research on the status of the ways and 
relations of Trans-Canada Highway. 

Here are some conclusions from this research: 

* The highway is formed from 30 routes; 
* Every route has different names for the name tag, such as: street names, 
other routes names or Trans-Canada highway name in different forms; 
* The issue above is repeating for the ref tag; 
* The name of Trans-Canada highway has more than one form (Trans-Canada 
Highway, TransCanada Highway, Trans Canada Highway, etc); 
* Another issue is the variety of names in other tags related to it (such 
as: name:en, name:fr, alt_name, alt_name:en, alt_name:fr, nat_name); 
* There are some routes that don’t have a route name only ref (5 routes); 
* There are some routes that overlap: 
* in Manitoba: - PTH 1 (MB Trans-Canada Highway) and Trans-Canada 
Highway (Super); 


- Yellowhead Highway and PTH 16 (MB Trans-Canada Highway); 



* in Alberta: Trans-Canada Highway (AB) and Trans-Canada Highway 
(Super); 
* in British Columbia: - Trans-Canada Highway (BC, Super) and 
Trans-Canada Highway; 


* About 90% of these routes are broken; * About 80% of these routes 
have highway value flip flop (motorway, trunk, primary); 




We propose to make some improvements to standardize all the routes. We would 
like to get your thoughts and feedback on the following questions: 

* What is the correct form for the name that appears in the way name tag? 
For example: “Highway 417” is part of Trans-Canada Highway and has the name 
value tag “Highway 417”. To resolve this issue, we would need to standardize 
the ways’ name tag for all the provinces. The question is, should we modify the 
way names in to “Trans-Canada Highway”, or should we insert the name 
“Trans-Canada Highway” at the end of the name, like this: “Highway 417 
(Trans-Canada Highway)”, or should we leave it like it is? 
* Another issue is related to the official name of the highway. Accor

Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[Pierre Béland]

Sur la page wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Highway, on voit 
que des panneaux Transcanada sont ajoutés sur le côté de la route. Cependant, 
au Québec comme en Ontario, les panneaux de navigation au-dessus de la route ne 
font pas de façon générale référence à la Transcanadienne. 
Comme le dit James, la Transcanadienne, c'est une méta-donnée. Une relation de 
type route permettrait de décrire ce réseau.  
Il serait aussi possible d'ajouter une référence à la Transcanadienne dans la 
clé ref. 
Exemple ref=417; TC(TC pour Transcanadienne).
Exemple où trois routes partagent un segment, ref=35; 104; 133.
voir https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/128245108#map=16/45.3227/-73.2309
Au dela du rendu sur la carte, ces références sont-elles utiles aux outils de 
navigation routière? En ajoutant TC, est-ce que l'on indiquerait à chaque fois, 
Continuez sur la route 417, Transcanadienne ?  Le risque est d'ajouter de la 
confusion dans les instructions de navigation.
Quel est l'objectif de l'équipe de Telenav pour harmoniser les références à la 
Transcanadienne et  ajouter les infos proposées ?

 
Pierre 
 

Le lundi 26 mars 2018 12 h 21 min 52 s HAE, James  a 
écrit :  
 
 http://openstreetview.org/details/23187/73
No trans-canada naming in sight because the trans-canada is a meta road 
composed of multiple highways. See road sign in OSV.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 12:07 PM Kevin Farrugia,  wrote:

The proper name for the highways that are under the Kings Highway system 
(400-Series included) is "Highway xxx" or Highway xx, with the exception of the 
QEW.  Highways signs and government data follow the same rules.
The Trans-Canada as a name/deaignation is almost inconsequential in Ontario and 
to Ontarians.

---
Kevin Farrugia

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 11:46 AM Viajero Perdido, 
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On 18-03-26 05:33 AM, talk-ca-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:33:14 +
> From: James 
> To: "Olivia Robu - (p)" 
> Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap 
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> highway 417 should be tagged as highway 417 and not principally transcanada
> way as this is how it's known locally. It can be tagged in transcanada
> relation, but it's mainly known as the 417

I disagree.  "Highway 417" is a low-value name, because the "ref" tag
should already contain the number, causing numbered shields to be
shown.  "Highway 417" is just a verbosification of the number.
"Trans-Canada Highway", however, is a real name; it belongs in the name
field.

This way, most maps would show both name and number.

To me, the (completely separate) issue is whether ordinary numbered
highways should have a name tag at all, "Highway nnn", or simply nothing
because "ref" takes care of it.  I've been able to find no guidance on
this, and I've looked.  I've been leaving "Highway nnn" in place when I
see it, which is most of the time.  But that's another discussion for
another day.

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Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[James]

http://openstreetview.org/details/23187/73

No trans-canada naming in sight because the trans-canada is a meta road
composed of multiple highways. See road sign in OSV.

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 12:07 PM Kevin Farrugia, 
wrote:

> The proper name for the highways that are under the Kings Highway system
> (400-Series included) is "Highway xxx" or Highway xx, with the exception of
> the QEW.  Highways signs and government data follow the same rules.
>
> The Trans-Canada as a name/deaignation is almost inconsequential in
> Ontario and to Ontarians.
>
> ---
> Kevin Farrugia
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 11:46 AM Viajero Perdido, <
> viajero.perdido.spam.buc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 18-03-26 05:33 AM, talk-ca-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote:
>> > Message: 3
>> > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:33:14 +
>> > From: James 
>> > To: "Olivia Robu - (p)" 
>> > Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap 
>> > Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research
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>> > highway 417 should be tagged as highway 417 and not principally
>> transcanada
>> > way as this is how it's known locally. It can be tagged in transcanada
>> > relation, but it's mainly known as the 417
>>
>> I disagree.  "Highway 417" is a low-value name, because the "ref" tag
>> should already contain the number, causing numbered shields to be
>> shown.  "Highway 417" is just a verbosification of the number.
>> "Trans-Canada Highway", however, is a real name; it belongs in the name
>> field.
>>
>> This way, most maps would show both name and number.
>>
>> To me, the (completely separate) issue is whether ordinary numbered
>> highways should have a name tag at all, "Highway nnn", or simply nothing
>> because "ref" takes care of it.  I've been able to find no guidance on
>> this, and I've looked.  I've been leaving "Highway nnn" in place when I
>> see it, which is most of the time.  But that's another discussion for
>> another day.
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Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[Kevin Farrugia]

The proper name for the highways that are under the Kings Highway system
(400-Series included) is "Highway xxx" or Highway xx, with the exception of
the QEW.  Highways signs and government data follow the same rules.

The Trans-Canada as a name/deaignation is almost inconsequential in Ontario
and to Ontarians.

---
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> On 18-03-26 05:33 AM, talk-ca-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote:
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:33:14 +
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> > To: "Olivia Robu - (p)" 
> > Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap 
> > Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research
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> > highway 417 should be tagged as highway 417 and not principally
> transcanada
> > way as this is how it's known locally. It can be tagged in transcanada
> > relation, but it's mainly known as the 417
>
> I disagree.  "Highway 417" is a low-value name, because the "ref" tag
> should already contain the number, causing numbered shields to be
> shown.  "Highway 417" is just a verbosification of the number.
> "Trans-Canada Highway", however, is a real name; it belongs in the name
> field.
>
> This way, most maps would show both name and number.
>
> To me, the (completely separate) issue is whether ordinary numbered
> highways should have a name tag at all, "Highway nnn", or simply nothing
> because "ref" takes care of it.  I've been able to find no guidance on
> this, and I've looked.  I've been leaving "Highway nnn" in place when I
> see it, which is most of the time.  But that's another discussion for
> another day.
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Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[john whelan]

Locally we call it the 417 and my understanding is local names are used in
OSM.  You can use alternative names but to me trans canada highway is a
collection of local roads paid for locally.

Cheerio John

On 26 March 2018 at 11:45, Viajero Perdido <
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> On 18-03-26 05:33 AM, talk-ca-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote:
>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:33:14 +
>> From: James 
>> To: "Olivia Robu - (p)" 
>> Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap 
>> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research
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>> highway 417 should be tagged as highway 417 and not principally
>> transcanada
>> way as this is how it's known locally. It can be tagged in transcanada
>> relation, but it's mainly known as the 417
>>
>
> I disagree.  "Highway 417" is a low-value name, because the "ref" tag
> should already contain the number, causing numbered shields to be shown.
> "Highway 417" is just a verbosification of the number. "Trans-Canada
> Highway", however, is a real name; it belongs in the name field.
>
> This way, most maps would show both name and number.
>
> To me, the (completely separate) issue is whether ordinary numbered
> highways should have a name tag at all, "Highway nnn", or simply nothing
> because "ref" takes care of it.  I've been able to find no guidance on
> this, and I've looked.  I've been leaving "Highway nnn" in place when I see
> it, which is most of the time.  But that's another discussion for another
> day.
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Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[Viajero Perdido]

On 18-03-26 05:33 AM, talk-ca-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote:

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highway 417 should be tagged as highway 417 and not principally transcanada
way as this is how it's known locally. It can be tagged in transcanada
relation, but it's mainly known as the 417


I disagree.  "Highway 417" is a low-value name, because the "ref" tag 
should already contain the number, causing numbered shields to be 
shown.  "Highway 417" is just a verbosification of the number. 
"Trans-Canada Highway", however, is a real name; it belongs in the name 
field.


This way, most maps would show both name and number.

To me, the (completely separate) issue is whether ordinary numbered 
highways should have a name tag at all, "Highway nnn", or simply nothing 
because "ref" takes care of it.  I've been able to find no guidance on 
this, and I've looked.  I've been leaving "Highway nnn" in place when I 
see it, which is most of the time.  But that's another discussion for 
another day.


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Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[Matthew Darwin]

I should clarify my comment below that in some places the "local road 
name" is "Trans-Canada Highway".



I think it would be helpful if you split out your proposal province by 
province.  Provincial governments are generally responsible for 
highways (including the TCH), so the naming is consistent only within 
a province.  Please review 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Highway


On 2018-03-26 09:25 AM, Matthew Darwin wrote:


  * Another question is related to the priority of the names in the
name value tag and also for the ref tag. If we have a way that
has a street name (“Old Highway 16” or “North York River Road”)
and two routes that overlap (ex: Trans-Canada Highway and
Highway 11). What is the name and the ref that should appear in
the way name tag and ref tag?



Highway 11.  Local road first.


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Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[Matthew Darwin]

On 2018-03-26 07:20 AM, Olivia Robu - (p) wrote:


Hello,

The Telenav Map team has done some research on the status of the 
ways and relations of Trans-Canada Highway.


Here are some conclusions from this research:

  * The highway is formed from 30 routes;



The Trans-Canada highway is not really 1 highway, so this is probably 
not surprising.   In many places, the Trans-Canada highway splits in 
2, so probably cannot have 1 route anyway.


  * Every route has different names for the name tag, such as:
street names, other routes names or Trans-Canada highway name in
different forms;
  * The issue above is repeating for the ref tag;



IMO the routes and the refs need to match, or the refs need to be 
removed given that routes should supersede refs.  In my investigations 
in Ontario I see lots of places where routes and refs don't match.


  * The name of Trans-Canada highway has more than one form
(Trans-Canada Highway, TransCanada Highway, Trans Canada
Highway, etc);



Probably good to standardize that.  However, in Quebec I would think 
the French name would take precedence. "/Route Transcanadienne"/



  * Another issue is the variety of names in other tags related to
it (such as: name:en, name:fr, alt_name, alt_name:en,
alt_name:fr, nat_name);
  * There are some routes that don’t have a route name only ref (5
routes);
  * There are some routes that overlap:
  o in Manitoba: - PTH 1 (MB Trans-Canada Highway) and
Trans-Canada Highway (Super);

- Yellowhead Highway and PTH 16 (MB Trans-Canada Highway);

  o in Alberta: Trans-Canada Highway (AB) and Trans-Canada
Highway (Super);
  o in British Columbia: - Trans-Canada Highway (BC, Super) and
Trans-Canada Highway;

  * About 90% of these routes are broken;
  * About 80% of these routes have highway value flip flop
(motorway, trunk, primary);



Highway 17 in Ontario is not a motorway.  So I would expect different 
segments to be different.  Highway 417 (motorway) changes to Highway 
17 (trunk) just west of Arnprior Ontario.  This is correct.


We propose to make some improvements to standardize all the routes. 
We would like to get your thoughts and feedback on the following 
questions:


  * What is the correct form for the name that appears in the way
name tag? For example: “Highway 417” is part of Trans-Canada
Highway and has the name value tag “Highway 417”. To resolve
this issue, we would need to standardize the ways’ name tag for
all the provinces. The question is, should we modify the way
names in to “Trans-Canada Highway”, or should we insert the name
“Trans-Canada Highway” at the end of the name, like this:
“Highway 417 (Trans-Canada Highway)”, or should we leave it like
it is?



No, definitely not.


 *


  * Another issue is related to the official name of the highway.
According to our research the official name for Trans-Canada
Highway is “Trans-Canada Highway”. In our research we have found
several forms of this name: TransCanada Highway, Trans Canada
Highway, etc. Should we change all the names to “Trans-Canada
Highway”?


In Quebec probably "/Route Transcanadienne"/


 *


  * Another question is related to the priority of the names in the
name value tag and also for the ref tag. If we have a way that
has a street name (“Old Highway 16” or “North York River Road”)
and two routes that overlap (ex: Trans-Canada Highway and
Highway 11). What is the name and the ref that should appear in
the way name tag and ref tag?



Highway 11.  Local road first.


 *


  * In case of overlapping identical routes (ex: in Manitoba there
is two routes for Trans-Canada Highway). What should be the best
approach?

The Trans-Canada Highway has multiple routes.  It is not one highway.  
The graphic on wikipedia, probably shows this clearly. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Highway


 *


  * In case of highway value flip flop (motorway, trunk, primary),
there are several segments like this outside the cities (ex.:
Route “Ontario Highway 17 (Blind River to North Bay) (ID
3739829)”, or Route “Trans Canada Highway 104” (ID 1732797)).
For areas outside the cities we propose to change the highway
value into motorway/trunk. What do you think about this issue?



If it is really a motorway, yes.  But many places outside of cities it 
is not a motorway.


 *


We think that one approach to resolve the first problem could be to 
add “Trans-Canada Highway” or “Highway 417 (Trans-Canada Highway)” 
to the way name for all the routes, and the ref number correspondent 
to each route that forms the Trans-Canada Highway.




You could add an alt_name or similar tag.


We look forward to hearing your feedback and hope to improve the 
situation together.


Here is the link to github ticket that we created: 
https://github.com/TelenavMapping/mapping-projects/issues/57





Highway 17 just west of Arnp

Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[Martin Chalifoux]

My two cents. 

I think what James said  is the same everywhere. The name field on the way 
usually carry the local name, the one given by the local authorities (town, 
province).  If you Google Streetview local signs, that is the name you usually 
see in the area. However the relation “attaching” all the pieces of road should 
be called “Trans-Canada Highway” and you can standardise that one.
 
With regards to the type of road, should reflect the physical and use 
characteristics of the stretch of road. Motorway is ONLY for a proper motorway 
with no intersection, stop, light, etc. A lot if not most of the Trans-Canada 
is not made of motorways. Trunk is a good choice is this road is a really major 
road for the area. Primary might still make sense … must consider locally.

Works of caution with Trunk, it leaves the bicycle access field unspecified and 
that screws-up some routing engines, so if you change a primary/secondary to 
Trunk PLEASE explicitly set the bicycle=yes tag (unless it is explicitly not 
allowed). Since by default it is “unspecified”  I have seen many routing 
engines erring on the side of cautiousness and assume it is NO. Most of the 
time it is actually YES. In Quebec a large portion of the 117 up north is 
actually part of the Route Verte and as such bicycle=designated is even used 
although the way is a trunk road. Cyclist can safely use the wide shoulders in 
those areas (most of the time…).

I think the ref field on the way must reflect the local numbering ile. 117, 
417, etc. If the Trans-Canada highway has another numbering on top of that then 
put that one in the relation, not the way.

This may be confusing when compared to the US interstate system which is more 
standardized I think. Here in Canada the Trans-Canada get some federal funding 
but the roads remain administered locally for the most part. The OSM relation 
is really the place to tag all related to the Trans-Canada Highway proper, and 
the way remains the properties of the local authorities… hope that makes any 
sense.

Cheers.

> On Mar 26, 2018, at 07:33, James  wrote:
> 
> highway 417 should be tagged as highway 417 and not principally transcanada 
> way as this is how it's known locally. It can be tagged in transcanada 
> relation, but it's mainly known as the 417
> 
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 7:22 AM Olivia Robu - (p),  > wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> The Telenav Map team has done some research on the status of the ways and 
> relations of Trans-Canada Highway.
> 
> Here are some conclusions from this research:
> 
> The highway is formed from 30 routes;
> Every route has different names for the name tag, such as: street names, 
> other routes names or Trans-Canada highway name in different forms;
> The issue above is repeating for the ref tag;
> The name of Trans-Canada highway has more than one form (Trans-Canada 
> Highway, TransCanada Highway, Trans Canada Highway, etc);
> Another issue is the variety of names in other tags related to it (such as: 
> name:en, name:fr, alt_name, alt_name:en, alt_name:fr, nat_name);
> There are some routes that don’t have a route name only ref (5 routes);
> There are some routes that overlap:
> in Manitoba: - PTH 1 (MB Trans-Canada Highway) and Trans-Canada Highway 
> (Super);
>  - Yellowhead Highway and 
> PTH 16 (MB Trans-Canada Highway);
> 
> in Alberta: Trans-Canada Highway (AB) and Trans-Canada Highway (Super);
> in British Columbia: - Trans-Canada Highway (BC, Super) and Trans-Canada 
> Highway;
> About 90% of these routes are broken;
> About 80% of these routes have highway value flip flop (motorway, trunk, 
> primary);
>  
> 
> We propose to make some improvements to standardize all the routes. We would 
> like to get your thoughts and feedback on the following questions:
> 
> What is the correct form for the name that appears in the way name tag? For 
> example: “Highway 417” is part of Trans-Canada Highway and has the name value 
> tag “Highway 417”. To resolve this issue, we would need to standardize the 
> ways’ name tag for all the provinces. The question is, should we modify the 
> way names in to “Trans-Canada Highway”, or should we insert the name 
> “Trans-Canada Highway” at the end of the name, like this: “Highway 417 
> (Trans-Canada Highway)”, or should we leave it like it is?
> Another issue is related to the official name of the highway. According to 
> our research the official name for Trans-Canada Highway is “Trans-Canada 
> Highway”. In our research we have found several forms of this name: 
> TransCanada Highway, Trans Canada Highway, etc. Should we change all the 
> names to “Trans-Canada Highway”?
> Another question is related to the priority of the names in the name value 
> tag and also for the ref tag. If we have a way that has a street name (“Old 
> Highway 16” or “North York River Road”) and two routes that overlap (ex: 
> Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 11). What is the

Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[James]

highway 417 should be tagged as highway 417 and not principally transcanada
way as this is how it's known locally. It can be tagged in transcanada
relation, but it's mainly known as the 417

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 7:22 AM Olivia Robu - (p), 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The Telenav Map team has done some research on the status of the ways and
> relations of Trans-Canada Highway.
>
> Here are some conclusions from this research:
>
>- The highway is formed from 30 routes;
>- Every route has different names for the name tag, such as: street
>names, other routes names or Trans-Canada highway name in different forms;
>- The issue above is repeating for the ref tag;
>- The name of Trans-Canada highway has more than one form
>(Trans-Canada Highway, TransCanada Highway, Trans Canada Highway, etc);
>- Another issue is the variety of names in other tags related to it
>(such as: name:en, name:fr, alt_name, alt_name:en, alt_name:fr, nat_name);
>- There are some routes that don’t have a route name only ref (5
>routes);
>- There are some routes that overlap:
>   - in Manitoba: - PTH 1 (MB Trans-Canada Highway) and Trans-Canada
>   Highway (Super);
>
>  - Yellowhead Highway
> and PTH 16 (MB Trans-Canada Highway);
>
>- in Alberta: Trans-Canada Highway (AB) and Trans-Canada Highway
>   (Super);
>   - in British Columbia: - Trans-Canada Highway (BC, Super) and
>   Trans-Canada Highway;
>
>
>- About 90% of these routes are broken;
>- About 80% of these routes have highway value flip flop (motorway,
>trunk, primary);
>
>
>
> We propose to make some improvements to standardize all the routes. We
> would like to get your thoughts and feedback on the following questions:
>
>- What is the correct form for the name that appears in the way name
>tag? For example: “Highway 417” is part of Trans-Canada Highway and has the
>name value tag “Highway 417”. To resolve this issue, we would need to
>standardize the ways’ name tag for all the provinces. The question is,
>should we modify the way names in to “Trans-Canada Highway”, or should we
>insert the name “Trans-Canada Highway” at the end of the name, like this:
>“Highway 417 (Trans-Canada Highway)”, or should we leave it like it is?
>- Another issue is related to the official name of the highway.
>According to our research the official name for Trans-Canada Highway is
>“Trans-Canada Highway”. In our research we have found several forms of this
>name: TransCanada Highway, Trans Canada Highway, etc. Should we change all
>the names to “Trans-Canada Highway”?
>
>
>- Another question is related to the priority of the names in the name
>value tag and also for the ref tag. If we have a way that has a street name
>(“Old Highway 16” or “North York River Road”) and two routes that overlap
>(ex: Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 11). What is the name and the ref
>that should appear in the way name tag and ref tag?
>- In case of overlapping identical routes (ex: in Manitoba there is
>two routes for Trans-Canada Highway). What should be the best approach?
>- In case of highway value flip flop (motorway, trunk, primary), there
>are several segments like this outside the cities (ex.: Route “Ontario
>Highway 17 (Blind River to North Bay) (ID 3739829)”, or Route “Trans Canada
>Highway 104” (ID 1732797)). For areas outside the cities we propose to
>change the highway value into motorway/trunk. What do you think about this
>issue?
>
>
>
> We think that one approach to resolve the first problem could be to add
> “Trans-Canada Highway” or “Highway 417 (Trans-Canada Highway)” to the way
> name for all the routes, and the ref number correspondent to each route
> that forms the Trans-Canada Highway.
>
>
>
> We look forward to hearing your feedback and hope to improve the situation
> together.
>
>
>
> Here is the link to github ticket that we created:
> https://github.com/TelenavMapping/mapping-projects/issues/57
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Olivia Robu
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[Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research

[Olivia Robu - (p)]

Hello,
The Telenav Map team has done some research on the status of the ways and 
relations of Trans-Canada Highway.
Here are some conclusions from this research:

  *   The highway is formed from 30 routes;
  *   Every route has different names for the name tag, such as: street names, 
other routes names or Trans-Canada highway name in different forms;
  *   The issue above is repeating for the ref tag;
  *   The name of Trans-Canada highway has more than one form (Trans-Canada 
Highway, TransCanada Highway, Trans Canada Highway, etc);
  *   Another issue is the variety of names in other tags related to it (such 
as: name:en, name:fr, alt_name, alt_name:en, alt_name:fr, nat_name);
  *   There are some routes that don't have a route name only ref (5 routes);
  *   There are some routes that overlap:
 *   in Manitoba: - PTH 1 (MB Trans-Canada Highway) and Trans-Canada 
Highway (Super);
 - Yellowhead Highway and 
PTH 16 (MB Trans-Canada Highway);

 *   in Alberta: Trans-Canada Highway (AB) and Trans-Canada Highway (Super);
 *   in British Columbia: - Trans-Canada Highway (BC, Super) and 
Trans-Canada Highway;

  *   About 90% of these routes are broken;
  *   About 80% of these routes have highway value flip flop (motorway, trunk, 
primary);

We propose to make some improvements to standardize all the routes. We would 
like to get your thoughts and feedback on the following questions:

  *   What is the correct form for the name that appears in the way name tag? 
For example: "Highway 417" is part of Trans-Canada Highway and has the name 
value tag "Highway 417". To resolve this issue, we would need to standardize 
the ways' name tag for all the provinces. The question is, should we modify the 
way names in to "Trans-Canada Highway", or should we insert the name 
"Trans-Canada Highway" at the end of the name, like this: "Highway 417 
(Trans-Canada Highway)", or should we leave it like it is?
  *   Another issue is related to the official name of the highway. According 
to our research the official name for Trans-Canada Highway is "Trans-Canada 
Highway". In our research we have found several forms of this name: TransCanada 
Highway, Trans Canada Highway, etc. Should we change all the names to 
"Trans-Canada Highway"?

  *   Another question is related to the priority of the names in the name 
value tag and also for the ref tag. If we have a way that has a street name 
("Old Highway 16" or "North York River Road") and two routes that overlap (ex: 
Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 11). What is the name and the ref that should 
appear in the way name tag and ref tag?
  *   In case of overlapping identical routes (ex: in Manitoba there is two 
routes for Trans-Canada Highway). What should be the best approach?
  *   In case of highway value flip flop (motorway, trunk, primary), there are 
several segments like this outside the cities (ex.: Route "Ontario Highway 17 
(Blind River to North Bay) (ID 3739829)", or Route "Trans Canada Highway 104" 
(ID 1732797)). For areas outside the cities we propose to change the highway 
value into motorway/trunk. What do you think about this issue?

We think that one approach to resolve the first problem could be to add 
"Trans-Canada Highway" or "Highway 417 (Trans-Canada Highway)" to the way name 
for all the routes, and the ref number correspondent to each route that forms 
the Trans-Canada Highway.

We look forward to hearing your feedback and hope to improve the situation 
together.

Here is the link to github ticket that we created: 
https://github.com/TelenavMapping/mapping-projects/issues/57

Regards,
Olivia Robu
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