On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:23:28 -0500, Alex Mauer wrote: > On 07/19/2010 01:13 PM, Phil! Gold wrote: >> The problem with using refs to render state shields is that it can be >> difficult to get the right shield. Some states use the state >> abbreviation in the road reference (so Maryland route 26 is generally >> written "MD 26"), but a bunch just use SR (so "SR 10" could be in >> Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Nevada, Ohio, >> Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, or Washington state route 10). At least the >> route relations have the state encoded specifically so the specific >> shield can be used. I think there's more than one that uses "SH", too, >> and so on. > > The wiki says[1] that refs should include US:[two-letter state > abbreviation]. That should make it pretty simple.
The wiki also says to use relations instead of ref= tags on the ways, though uptake on that has been slow. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
