While the original question was about a good tag to record the section number, whick look like a reference, I would be tempted to answer Jo that to know which country you're in, you should look at Your OSM Database! Joke aside, such a cross border route makes a good candidate for a super route. Yves
Le 23 mai 2020 18:49:31 GMT+02:00, Jo <[email protected]> a écrit : >So in the case of a route that passes through The Netherlands, Belgium >and >France, the part in The Netherlands and Flanders will have the same >name >(in Dutch)? And the parts in Wallonia and France will have the same >name as >well, but in French instead? No indication which country/region they >are >passing through? > >Jo > >On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 6:42 PM Peter Elderson <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> Hold on to your hat.... In the name tag I will store...The Name Of >The >> Route! >> >> Op za 23 mei 2020 om 18:18 schreef Jo <[email protected]>: >> >>> In the end, what will be left in the name tag exactly? >>> >>> Polyglot >>> >>> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 5:53 PM Peter Elderson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I am trying to improve on the name-tag mess in the many hiking/foot >>>> routes in Nederland. All kinds of information is packed in those >names. I >>>> am not doing any cleaning (yet) until all this information can be >stored in >>>> proper tags and is handled or scheduled by significant >renderers/data >>>> users/tools. There must be reasons for this (ab)use, because it is >done all >>>> over the globe. >>>> >>>> It's very common to store <from>-<to> and sometimes <via> in the >name >>>> tag. That's an easy one: we have from=*, via=*, to=*. >>>> >>>> Sometimes a complete description, a comment or a note (.e.g. about >a >>>> temporary detour) is added to the name. Easy: we have description=, >note=*, >>>> comment=*. >>>> >>>> A ref in the name: store in ref=*. >>>> >>>> Another item is *section number*. This is often used when the route >is >>>> split in sections, often according to the sectioning given by the >>>> operator/website. So firstly it's a sort of reference, secondly its >an >>>> ordering and sorting mechanism. >>>> Sometimes sections have their own name. I see that a lot in >>>> international (super)routes. >>>> >>>> Any ideas how to do this without (ab)using the name tag? Is there a >>>> proper tag that springs to mind, or should we invent one? >>>> >>>> Peter Elderson >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tagging mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> >>
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