Proposal:Bridge Number

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Canceled in favour of the ref attribute on Relations/Proposed/Bridges_and_Tunnels.

Bridge Number
Proposal status: Canceled (inactive)
Proposed by: Gerv
Tagging: over_ref/under_ref=[[Tag:over_ref/under_ref=<number>|<number>]]
Applies to: way
Definition: The bridge reference number or code
Statistics:

Rendered as: Text annotation for bridge
Draft started: 2008-02-03
Proposed on: 2008-02-03
Vote start: 2008-03-05
Vote end: 2008-08-02


Proposal

Canal bridges, and some other bridge types too (railway bridges, certainly) have bridge numbers for navigation or for quick unambiguous reference. Example: a local railway bridge has a sign on it saying "In case of bridge strike, call 0800 ?????? and quote bridge number N12345". Canal boaters use bridge numbers as a primary means of navigation and direction. We need a tag to encode this. Because a bridge may be given a reference by both the thing passing over and the thing passing under it, we have two tags - over_ref and under_ref.

Tagging

over_ref=ref
under_ref=ref

Both over_ref and under_ref are placed on the way which has "bridge=yes" (or whatever the correct bridge tagging is), i.e. the "over" way.

Rendering

Text annotation next to bridge

Discussion

Older discussion moved to Talk page and suggested changes incorporated.

See also

Proposed features/Bridge Name

Voting

  • I approve this proposal -- Gerv 19:16, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal --Eimai 20:59, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
  • I approve this proposal -- Thewinch 16:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
  • I disapprove this proposal. It's complicated but still doesn't work in a all cases - e.g. what about two bridges above each other. Either a simple approach that works in 90% or a complicated that really works in all cases. -- Ulfl 01:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC) - Ulfl 11:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Ulfl: What do you mean by "two bridges above each other"? Can you provide an example on OSM? Can you suggest a scheme which incorporates these cases? -- Gerv 08:19, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Well, the ground, a bridge over the ground and a second bridge over the first one. No. No. - Ulfl 03:07, 20 March 2008 (UTC)