On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:02 PM Shawn K. Quinn <skqu...@rushpost.com> wrote:
> On 1/29/20 16:17, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 4:07 PM Joseph Eisenberg > > <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com <mailto:joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > In my hometown, the main road was California highway 96, so “ref=CA > > 96” but we called it “Highway 96” so “name=Highway 96”. > > > > > > I think you're confusing name=* with addr:street=* in that case, Joseph. > > JOSM has a mode where it renders highway=* with a color based on the > name=* and nearby addresses with color based on addr:street=*. This is > useful for finding misspelled and abbreviated road names either in the > address or on the road itself. I've always thought name=* was to refer > to the name of the road as used in addresses, usually indicated on > street signs. Have I missed something? The name is only the name, it is not a ref or old_ref. This has even been in the wiki and normal practice for longer than I was even aware of the Names page. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#Name_is_the_name_only For street names as they appear in addresses, see addr:street instead. It's not uncommon at all for what gets put on the envelope is different than what's on the sign, or the value of addr:street= to not even be a street name but a highway number or even some internal route to whatever state postal system is present (such as RFD and RR addresses in the US).
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