So is F street, or 1st street a name or a ref?
On 8/18/19 10:27 AM, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
It looks like "CR 2" is a "ref" rather than a name, and so is FS
729.2B. A ref=, short for "reference number" (or more properly
"reference alphanumeric string") is a set of letters and numbers that
identifies a feature.
While it's best to have the common name in the tag name=, like
name=Corkscrew Gulch Road, it's okay to have more than one ref in the
tag ref, separated by semicolons. Many database users can handle this.
Eg:
name=Corkscrew Gulch Road
ref=CR 2;FS 729.2B
If there are other, less common actual names, consider using
alt_name=* or loc_name=* (local, informal names), but in this case it
looks like there is just one name, but multiple reference numbers.
Joseph
On 8/19/19, Rob Savoye <r...@senecass.com> wrote:
On 8/18/19 9:41 AM, Paul Allen wrote:
Assuming that "CR 2" is a name and not a ref, one possibility that
springs to mind, and which will no doubt be highly controversial is
Yes, it's county designated name. It's gets messier than that, as
sometimes "CR 2" might include multiple other road segments, all with
different names common and USFS names. We prefer the common name or the
USFS name, but I have no control over what Dispatch gives us.
name=CR 2 / Corkscrew Gulch Road / FS 729.2B alt_name=CR 2; Corkscrew
Gulch Road; FS 729.2B
If you have several name or several ref, you can use the “;”
separator
Ah, I've used that elsewhere, didn't think about it for road names.
The problem though is since the name gets displayed, too many long road
names obscures the map. I've had similar problems with house addresses
in the more densely populated areas. When I produce a KML file from OSM
data, I put all the names in the description popup. That works in GPS
map apps, but not in OsmAnd. Plus I wonder if that would break routing...
- rob -
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