On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Alex Mauer <ha...@hawkesnest.net> wrote: > On 10/25/2010 02:44 PM, Phil! Gold wrote: >> >> * Alex Mauer<ha...@hawkesnest.net> [2010-10-25 12:44 -0500]: >>> >>> So dealing with having a prefix in the ref is pretty much guaranteed >>> to be a requirement no matter what. >> >> Not strictly. Having a prefix in the rendering is important, but that can >> be synthesized from the other tags in every suggestion that's been made. > > I totally agree. My point is just that some people and some states > (Michigan, Kansas) feel that the prefix itself is an important part of the > reference number: “The M in the state highway numbers is an integral part of > the designation…Michigan highways are properly referred to using the M and > never as ‘Route 28’ or ‘Highway 28’”.
It's part of the name when you're talking about the route, just like one would say "I-95" or "US 1". It's not part of the designation as shown in shields, either on the ground or on maps. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
