i think this varies. in NY, most highways have small green reference markers about every 1/10th of a mile, distinct from the larger green markers with mileages that are mostly about a mile apart. these reference markers are the ones that police and highway crews work with.
because the small reference markers are hard to read and most are not aware of their significance, i've avoided doing any mapping that involves information that only appears on them. On 12/15/10 8:45 PM, j...@jfeldredge.com wrote:
The mileage markers are also used in police reports, highway department work orders, and the like, as a standardized way of describing an approximate location. -------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [Tagging] tagging a point of interest of sorts > From :mailto:nerou...@gmail.com Date :Wed Dec 15 19:36:00 America/Chicago 2010 A related question is how to tag something like this: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_192_marker_7_eastbound.jpg It's often called a mile marker, but the distance between each consecutive pair is not constant. The intent is for tourist-oriented businesses to advertise their location with respect to the markers. I used man_made=tower name=Marker 7, but I don't know if this is best. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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