Re: [Talk-GB] When is a B road still a B road?

2008-05-04 Thread Jeffrey Martin
Paley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: 80n [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Andy Robinson (blackadder) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] When is a B road still a B road? I'd follow the golden rule

[Talk-GB] When is a B road still a B road?

2008-04-29 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
I'm sure others will have come across this issue. In Birmingham, many of the roads that appear as secondary in the out of copyright mapping (NPE/1:25000 scales specifically) no longer appear on the ground. The road signs no longer favour the number but instead favour the named direction of the

Re: [Talk-GB] When is a B road still a B road?

2008-04-29 Thread 80n
I'd follow the golden rule and tag what is on the ground. The fact that some 50 year old map called it the B2032 doesn't help much if the LA have decided not to bother maintaining signposts that also say this. If its still a significant through route, but is consistently not signed as a B road,