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 < 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 +0000 >> From: James <james2...@gmail.com> >> To: "Olivia Robu - (p)" <olivia.r...@telenav.com> >> Cc: Talk-CA OpenStreetMap <talk-ca@openstreetmap.org> >> Subject: Re: [Talk-ca] Trans-Canada Highway research >> Message-ID: >> <CANk4qi_U9uveoDoc8TrY-MiC-XgxSXBUUv0n9PSSjO0v+jRBFw@mail. >> gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca >
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