It's in pretty wide use (35K uses), so I created a page in the wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:unsigned_ref
But I don't really know the details of usage or best practice, so I hope others can fix and add to what's there... On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Jack Burke <burke...@gmail.com> wrote: > OSM has the tag unsigned_ref to handle exactly this situation. There just > isn't a wiki page describing it. > > -jack > > > > On October 13, 2014 3:45:22 PM EDT, Dale Puch <dale.p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> "US 52 FOLLOWS I 94" to me means they are concurrent, even if Minnesota >> only has signs for I94 instead of I94/US52 >> So it is a matter of presentation, not facts. >> >> Here in Florida there are places where most signs list only one name, but >> periodically there will be references to other names sharing the same >> route. >> >> Dale >> >> Dale Puch >> >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Tom Fistere <tbfist...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello! My name is Tom Fistere and I go by CountryLoon on OSM. After >>> about a week of editing I thought I should throw out a couple of questions >>> and comments of what I am doing so far... >>> >>> I have started looking at the road typing throughout the state of >>> Minnesota as it gives me an opportunity to study the status of the map >>> statewide. I see areas that are well documented and drawn and then there >>> are areas so neglected that the lines and imagery are needed some immediate >>> help. I invite anyone to check out my editing job on the segment of MN 23 >>> between St Cloud and Foley, MN as it was rebuilt to an expressway in 2013 >>> and let me know how I did. >>> >>> A couple of questions, Minnesota hates concurrent highways. US 52 is >>> concurrent with I 94 from St Paul, MN to Fargo, ND according to AASHTO but >>> MNDoT refuses to sign the routing beyond "US 52 FOLLOWS I 94" sign at the >>> interchange in St Paul. A similar thing occurs with US 12 through the Twin >>> Cities to the Wisconsin line. Should the map reflect the concurrency or >>> not? Google chose to do it but since it is unsigned, I lean toward not >>> showing it. >>> >>> Most of my information is coming from county GIS sites and DOT, are >>> there other other sites I should be checking into when looking for >>> information verification? So far my interest is in the road network but I >>> am willing to branch off into recreational trails and such in the future. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Tom >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-us mailing list >>> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >>> >>> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >> > -- > Typos courtesy of fancy auto-spell technology. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >
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