Remove non-namespaced Croatian networks #310
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Removed shield definitions for
network=Autoceste
andDržavne ceste
, which are prevalent in Croatia. Although thesenetwork
values are apparently written in Croatian, nothing in these values explicitly constrains them to Croatia, making them even more ambiguous than the Japanese urban expressway values under discussion in #219 and akin to the German values under discussion in #149. As far as I can tell,network=Autoceste
is undocumented.network=Državne ceste
is documented, but the wiki’s handling of spaces in article titles has resulted in some confusion.Since this project is pioneering the use of
network
to choose shields, it would be irresponsible for us to “lock in” an atypical, potentially ambiguous value before the community has had a chance to consider less risky approaches. We wouldn’t want the community to be constrained by backwards compatibility concerns just because this project rushed to support the existing tag.Internally to the project, these definitions also piggyback on unrelated shield definitions from other countries that happen to look similar, resulting in some confusing uses of these country codes. In cases where multiple unrelated networks happen to require similar-looking shields, we should factor out a generically named shield definition that can be reused without this additional confusion.
Rest assured, routes tagged
network=Autoceste
andnetwork=Državne ceste
will continue to be labeled, just with generic white shields instead of Slovene and Czech shields. The removal of these definitions affects neither the world shield coverage map nor the taginfo project file, because both build steps rely on country code prefixes innetwork
values./ref #149 #219 (comment)