Just ref=CR 123. The name should not be redundant to the ref, so if it's signed as Clark Co. 123 and that's it, then add noname=yes as well. The name is only the name, name is not ref.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 11:24 Jack Burke <burke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Asking for thoughts & opinions... > > While some counties just attach a number to a pole (e.g., many counties in > Georgia), there are some that put up signs saying "CR 123" (Jasper County, > Mississippi) for unnamed county roads. However, Clarke County, Mississippi > signs (with shiny new green-signs-on-a-stick) county roads as "Clarke Co. > 123". What are everyone's thoughts on how to name these roads in OSM for > Clarke County? We can just leave the name field blank and use ref=CR 123, > we can do the ref tag and also include name=County Road 123, or we can do > ref=CR 123 and name=Clarke County 123. Or even ref=CR 123, name=Clarke > County 123, alt_name=County Road 123. Or swap the name= and alt_name= > values. > > Keep in mind that a lot of county roads in OSM already have name=County > Road 123 from a bulk import many moons ago. > > Clarke County, MS, example: > https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/l9YS7slPwIDc-3Qw8IQaqg > > Jasper County, MS, example: > https://www.mapillary.com/map/im/_mZvHi1tX9ddTJKS5DLiFg > > --jack > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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