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aeroway=runway,taxiway ref=* not rendering #2218

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openstreetmap-trac opened this issue Jul 23, 2021 · 5 comments
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aeroway=runway,taxiway ref=* not rendering #2218

openstreetmap-trac opened this issue Jul 23, 2021 · 5 comments

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Reporter: imrehg[at]gmail.com
[Submitted to the original trac issue database at 8.52pm, Monday, 24th August 2009]

The wiki for the aeroway=taxiway does not have any direct recommendation for naming taxiways, but has a "Useful combinations" entry for key:ref. The problem is, that at the moment the name=* tags are shown as names for taxiways, but the ref=* tags are not.

In use by the people working on the airports, they probably don't distinguish between "name" and "reference" since those have very close "dictionary meanings". For the OSM tagging convention it is different, and I feel "ref" is more appropriate, just as it is used, for example for freeways...

So, I propose, that in case of runways and taxiways if there's a "ref" tag, that is rendered on the map. Not sure about existing name=* tags, they can be converted (preferred) or be a "fallback" rendering information (not as good since does not encourage a single convention).

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Author: steve8[at]mdx.ac.uk
[Added to the original trac issue at 8.50pm, Sunday, 30th August 2009]

Can you give a URL of an airport where refs are in place and I will have a look?

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Author: imrehg[at]gmail.com
[Added to the original trac issue at 12.29am, Monday, 31st August 2009]

Example: Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=25.0762&lon=121.2315&zoom=14&layers=B000FTF

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Author: steve8[at]mdx.ac.uk
[Added to the original trac issue at 1.11pm, Sunday, 6th September 2009]

Done

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Author: imrehg[at]gmail.com
[Added to the original trac issue at 1.59pm, Sunday, 6th September 2009]

It renders now, but the arrangement is not that good-looking.
With ref=* all the text are shown horizontal, while the name=* tags were rendered parallel to the ways. [[BR]]
Compare to the above link another airport, that uses the name=* tags for taxiways/runways:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=41.97473&lon=-87.91334&zoom=16&layers=B000FFF [[BR]]

I'd say the parallel rendering looks quite a bit nicer. If others disagree, then just close this ticket once again. [[BR]]
Thanks a lot! [[BR]]

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Author: Ldp
[Added to the original trac issue at 6.06pm, Friday, 24th September 2010]

Aligned runway refs implemented a long time ago (r17605)

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