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Hello folks, I'm relatively new here, so please understand if I use the wrong term here or there. I have four questions that have arisen from my first few edits.
Thanks in advance for any responses.
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Sorry I didn't make it clearer: I would like to replace the data currently comprising St John with the new TIGER data. Would OSM do that automatically upon uploading, or would I have to manually remove the old data first?
(30 Jul '10, 01:16)
Hawkeye34
You would have to remove or merge the existing data yourself before uploading.
(30 Jul '10, 12:46)
Gnonthgol ♦
Be careful and verify that you're not getting rid of any information if you delete the old data.
(30 Jul '10, 13:10)
NE2
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To be clear, mapnik itself has no particular limit on shields. The OpenStreetMap stylesheet for the mapnik layer only has support for shields up to a certain length however.
(31 Jul '10, 00:04)
TomH ♦♦
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And on a residential/unclassified highway it just prints the number without a shield, so there's no limit there. (The normal limit is 8 characters.)
(31 Jul '10, 00:58)
NE2
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Note that, depending on the area, streets traced on the Yahoo aerials may be more precise than TIGER data. Be sure to check this.
Please don't ask multiple questions in the same "question" - in future please stick to one question at a time.
Note that US:VI should be on a relation; if you're tagging the route on a way (not encouraged; the renderer should be fixed to render the relation refs properly), VI * should be a sufficient value.
Tagging a way with ref=* is encouraged (as well as creating a relation).
No, tagging things accurately is encouraged; tagging a way with a ref= that belongs to a route isn't accurate (even if it is common). The way itself might have it's own ref (exceedingly common with bridges in the United States, as well as state highways that carry no route, such as found in state parks).
ref=* on a highway is the route number. If you want to tag a bridge number, use a different tag.
Nice attitude, considering that relations properly describe routes, when ref= on a way would be better used to handle references applying to ways, not routes.
If you want to change the current standard, take it to the tagging list. Otherwise stop confusing the noobs.
How confusing is "use a relation?" That's pretty damn clear to me. Quit being a jackass.