mick <bare...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > My original interest was if there was a specific point that said 'this > is Sometown', where distances to adjacent towns were measured from, > similar to the Australian convention where the "Zero Point" was set along > the roadside, at the Post Office which was usually next door to or > across the road from a 'coaching inn'. > > This point rarely had anything to do with the geographic centre of > town but served only as a survey benchmark. > > As Phillip, yourself and a few other people have pointed out these > points have little remaining relevance in current times, especially > for routing. > > The only place where I've found this concept still in use is > Queensland Rail's Brisbane suburban network, where the track at > stations is marked with the distance to Central Station and the > markings are maintained. > > mick >
Here in the USA, highways commonly have signs stating the distance to the next major town. Are such distance signs no longer used in Australia? -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
