Name of a route, if one exists.
May 23, 2020, 18:17 by [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
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