Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-21 Thread Barry Cornelius
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, Mike Harris wrote: Also - to expand on Robert's response - we would need to be careful with the field "alphanumeric" as it is fairly common for a PRoW to have a designation that has a letter suffixed to the number, e.g. "Tushingham-cum-Grindley BR 19A" - ... ... I don't think

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-21 Thread Mike Harris
Hi Thanks to David for raising this one and - as always - to Robert for a well thought through response. I would be happy for an automated change to be made to prow:ref (as long as someone else does the work (:>) along the lines suggested by Robert. I agree that road numbering takes priority

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-20 Thread Robert Whittaker (OSM)
On 20 June 2012 12:44, David Groom wrote: > I like the idea of prow:ref. I think footpath:ref a bit too specific, we'd > then need bridleway:ref, not to mention boat:ref (for byways open to all > traffic) which could be just TOO confusing! [snip] > In the UK at present there seem to be 7,004 ways

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-20 Thread David Groom
- Original Message - From: "Gregory" To: "Richard Fairhurst" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road On 19 June 2012 14:07, Richard Fairhurst wrote: David Groom wrote: > However at t

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-19 Thread Andy Allan
On 19 June 2012 14:11, Gregory wrote: >> I use "admin:ref" for refs that are predominantly intended for >> administrative usage, rather than public-facing usage. > > Now that sounds like tagging for the renderer. No, that's not true. Please see http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tagging_for_the_

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-19 Thread Andy Allan
On 19 June 2012 12:59, David Groom wrote: > a) Not a problem at all; > b) simply a problem for the rendering, and no change to the tagging is > required; > c) a possible problem with the tagging? I'd say c). It seems to me like the road reference number (e.g. A514) and public right of way refere

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-19 Thread Philip Barnes
On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 14:33 +0100, Gregory wrote: > > > On 19 June 2012 14:13, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Gregory wrote: > > On 19 June 2012 14:07, Richard Fairhurst > wrote: > > >> I use "admin:ref" for refs that are predominantly intended > for

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-19 Thread Gregory
On 19 June 2012 14:13, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > Gregory wrote: > > On 19 June 2012 14:07, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > >> I use "admin:ref" for refs that are predominantly intended for > >> administrative usage, rather than public-facing usage. > > Now that sounds like tagging for the renderer.

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
Gregory wrote: > On 19 June 2012 14:07, Richard Fairhurst wrote: >> I use "admin:ref" for refs that are predominantly intended for >> administrative usage, rather than public-facing usage. > Now that sounds like tagging for the renderer. How dare you! :p In road terms, there is a big difference

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-19 Thread Gregory
On 19 June 2012 14:07, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > David Groom wrote: > > However at the north end there is a (newly erected) public footpath > > sign showing a footpath ref of B64, pointing straight down this road, > > and the definitive map shows this as a footpath. > > I use "admin:ref" for ref

Re: [Talk-GB] PRoW Ref tagging when ROW is also a road

2012-06-19 Thread Richard Fairhurst
David Groom wrote: > However at the north end there is a (newly erected) public footpath > sign showing a footpath ref of B64, pointing straight down this road, > and the definitive map shows this as a footpath. I use "admin:ref" for refs that are predominantly intended for administrative usage,