The proper name for the highways that are under the Kings Highway system (400-Series included) is "Highway xxx" or Highway xx, with the exception of the QEW. Highways signs and government data follow the same rules.
The Trans-Canada as a name/deaignation is almost inconsequential in Ontario and to Ontarians. ------- Kevin Farrugia On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 11:46 AM 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+jr...@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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