Re: [OSM-talk] Interstate naming in the United States

2020-03-05 Thread Wayne Emerson, Jr. via talk
Based on the wikipedia articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Highway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CanAm_Highway It sounds to me like these would be names of route relations, not names of ways. In my area, sections of I-95 can have different names like "Blue Star Memorial Highway"

Re: [OSM-talk] Interstate naming in the United States

2020-03-05 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via talk
Mar 5, 2020, 17:39 by ba...@ursamundi.org: > > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:32 AM Jack Armstrong <> jacknst...@sprynet.com> > > wrote: > >> I suppose almost all U.S. interstate highways could be "named" the Dwight D. >> Eisenhower Interstate Highway. A few years ago a user "named" I-70 and I-2

Re: [OSM-talk] Interstate naming in the United States

2020-03-05 Thread Mateusz Konieczny via talk
See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name alt_name, loc_name (?), reg_name <> (?) seems fitting In case of multiple alternative names use https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Semi-colon_value_separator alt_name=Foobar;Qwerty alt_name_1, alt_name_2 is rather poor idea, see https://wiki.ope

Re: [OSM-talk] Interstate naming in the United States

2020-03-05 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 10:32 AM Jack Armstrong wrote: > I'm not an expert in the field of naming U.S. interstate highways. I'd > like some opinions from others with more experience with this. > > A new OSM user has just "named" Interstate 25 (I-25) as the "CanAm > Highway". > It's been a while s

[OSM-talk] Interstate naming in the United States

2020-03-05 Thread Jack Armstrong
I'm not an expert in the field of naming U.S. interstate highways. I'd like some opinions from others with more experience with this. A new OSM user has just "named" Interstate 25 (I-25) as the "CanAm Highway". As a native Coloradan, I can say I've never heard anyone refer to I-25 as the CanAm High