These unsigned reference route numbers probably should use the unsigned_ref=* tag. Seems like the best compromise.
-Evin (compdude) On Nov 29, 2017 6:24 PM, "Richard Welty" <rwe...@averillpark.net> wrote: > i have spotted what appears to be an armchair mapper making an > inappropriate > set of edits to some NYS routes this past summer; i have sent the mapper > a note > through the OSM message system but thought this could use a broader > audience, > so that certain inappropriate ref tag settings _don't_ get made. > > NY state has a not-quite-secret route numbering system called reference > routes. > these routes have numbers in the 900 range, and have a single character > suffix. > Examples are 910F, 914V and so forth and so on. > > these route numbers never, with 4 well documented exceptions, _never_ > appear on > conventional highway signage (the exceptions are 961F, 962J, 990L and > 990V). > > an example of incorrectly setting a ref tag to 910F is here: > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/68519517 > > there are no black-and-white NYS route signs carrying the number 910F, so > convention dictates that if these designations are to be tagged at all, it > should be in unsigned_ref or other similar tag. > > i haven't heard back from the mapper who added these yet, but am giving it > a little more time before i go and fix this up myself. > > so anyway, it's fun to learn about things like this numbering system, but > please don't screw up the map by putting these numbers in the ref tags. > they don't belong there. > > for anyone who cares, the entire list of these numbers appears here: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reference_routes_in_New_York > > richard > > -- > rwe...@averillpark.net > Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting > OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux > Java - Web Applications - Search > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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