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=== Naming Roads in Urban Areas === | |||
Most Cities and towns in Utah use a grid system and streets are assigned a numeric name based on distance from the origin. This section is intended to give guidance on best practices in Utah to name roadways in an effective and consistent manner. A key thing to pay attention to when naming streets in Utah is the leading and trailing cardinal direction indicators. | |||
Streets in Utah may also have a traditional name in addition to the numeric name. When deciding whether to use the numeric or traditional name (Main St, State St) there are several sources to consider The primary source is the postal addresses on that street. If the post office uses a numeric name, the primary name should match the post office. Other sources can be street view street signs, State and county parcel records information, and State or local Roadway GIS sources. | |||
===== Alternate Primary Name ===== | |||
With local grids being a very efficient way to navigate urban areas in Utah, there may be a desire to add numeric alternate names to named streets. While this does make the map seem complete, it serves no navigational purpose in Waze if the numeric alternate is not recognized by the post office or county recorders office for a parcel other than supplemental information to other editors, especially in residential areas. Every good rule deserves an exception, and for mapping primary roads and above, there may be a good reason to add numeric alt names to these roads. In these cases, users may search by approximate grid location and a primary road may help to find a valid search result. | |||
Some numeric streets may have symbolic alternate names (for example [https://www.waze.com/editor?env=usa&lon=-111.89819&lat=40.76730&zoom=6&segments=505656541,506505745,506505748,506505751,506505752 W Japantown St/W 100 S] in downtown Salt Lake City). In this case, verify postal address for numeric primary name and add the symbolic name as an alternate. Residential streets with numeric and traditional names on the street signs with similar emphasis should be check to ensure the correct primary name. | |||
===== Cardinal Directions ===== | |||
In Utah, most addresses use a trailing cardinal direction as part of the numeric address before the street name. This gives both an x and y coordinate to help know where any address in the city (or county in Salt Lake County). To accommodate this, most counties and navigation providers have accommodated this by adding a ''leading ''cardinal direction to street names. The local editing community follows this by adding the leading cardinal on both primary and alternate street names. Do not omit the leading cardinal without checking with local leadership. | |||
Numeric streets always have a trailing cardinal in addition to the leading cardinal. These should not use a suffix other than the cardinal like St, Dr, etc. | |||
Revision as of 19:58, 30 March 2018
Naming Roads in Urban Areas
Most Cities and towns in Utah use a grid system and streets are assigned a numeric name based on distance from the origin. This section is intended to give guidance on best practices in Utah to name roadways in an effective and consistent manner. A key thing to pay attention to when naming streets in Utah is the leading and trailing cardinal direction indicators.
Streets in Utah may also have a traditional name in addition to the numeric name. When deciding whether to use the numeric or traditional name (Main St, State St) there are several sources to consider The primary source is the postal addresses on that street. If the post office uses a numeric name, the primary name should match the post office. Other sources can be street view street signs, State and county parcel records information, and State or local Roadway GIS sources.
Alternate Primary Name
With local grids being a very efficient way to navigate urban areas in Utah, there may be a desire to add numeric alternate names to named streets. While this does make the map seem complete, it serves no navigational purpose in Waze if the numeric alternate is not recognized by the post office or county recorders office for a parcel other than supplemental information to other editors, especially in residential areas. Every good rule deserves an exception, and for mapping primary roads and above, there may be a good reason to add numeric alt names to these roads. In these cases, users may search by approximate grid location and a primary road may help to find a valid search result.
Some numeric streets may have symbolic alternate names (for example W Japantown St/W 100 S in downtown Salt Lake City). In this case, verify postal address for numeric primary name and add the symbolic name as an alternate. Residential streets with numeric and traditional names on the street signs with similar emphasis should be check to ensure the correct primary name.
Cardinal Directions
In Utah, most addresses use a trailing cardinal direction as part of the numeric address before the street name. This gives both an x and y coordinate to help know where any address in the city (or county in Salt Lake County). To accommodate this, most counties and navigation providers have accommodated this by adding a leading cardinal direction to street names. The local editing community follows this by adding the leading cardinal on both primary and alternate street names. Do not omit the leading cardinal without checking with local leadership.
Numeric streets always have a trailing cardinal in addition to the leading cardinal. These should not use a suffix other than the cardinal like St, Dr, etc.