Cuban national route shields

[quincylvania]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roads_in_Cuba

Cuba is a close neighbor to the US but receives little attention from us, including cartographically. At the moment network=cu:national appears to be used for the following routes:

• Autopistas: ref=A1 to ref=A4
• Circuito Norte: ref=CN
• Circuito Sur: ref=CS
• Carretera Central: ref=CC
• Autopista de la Isla de la Juventud: ref=IJ

The Circuito Sur de Oriente isn't mapped yet.

https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1r6n

It's been tough to find actual photos of road shields or markers in use. Wikipedia indicates the Autopistas are either green hexagons or octagons, but I'm not sure which is accurate. It's unclear if the others have shields or unique signage at all.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Diagrams_of_motorway_signs_of_Cuba

[1ec5]

The Autopistas are different than the National Routes. If multiple networks have been conflated into the same network, then the relations would need to be retagged before we can reliably render them based on network values.

Road Numbering Systems also describes the National Route shield as a white-on-blue rectangle in the format “N-#” but says it’s obsolete and unmaintained. It also has a diagram of a non-main road number sign.

I was unable to find any route markers from browsing around Havana and other cities in Mapillary. Major interchanges only have directional signs naming cities, and some minor interchanges have no signage whatsoever.

[quincylvania]

@1ec5 Thanks for the deeper dive! I'm not sure how we proceed for this if shields aren't present on the ground. Maybe there's a Cuban roadmap that shows shields?

If multiple networks have been conflated into the same network, then the relations would need to be retagged before we can reliably render them based on network values.

Agreed.

[claysmalley]

I managed to find a few instances of green octagons for Cuban autopistas (example). Couldn't find anything for national routes though.