Google Maps' new bannered routes

[mcdonaat]

Noticed on a Google Maps view that business routes are now labeled with a B after it.

Example: http://goo.gl/maps/RkFgm
US 165 Business is now shown as US 165B. Is this brand new? Never seen it before.

[US71]

Noticed on a Google Maps view that business routes are now labeled with a B after it.

Example: http://goo.gl/maps/RkFgm
US 165 Business is now shown as US 165B. Is this brand new? Never seen it before.

Where did I-1208 come from?

[mcdonaat]

Noticed on a Google Maps view that business routes are now labeled with a B after it.

Example: http://goo.gl/maps/RkFgm
US 165 Business is now shown as US 165B. Is this brand new? Never seen it before.

Where did I-1208 come from?

From AASHTO... duh. At least it's not "I-1208 in Illinois"

[Scott5114]

Noticed on a Google Maps view that business routes are now labeled with a B after it.

Example: http://goo.gl/maps/RkFgm
US 165 Business is now shown as US 165B. Is this brand new? Never seen it before.

This is something particular to how this area's routes are tagged. None of the bannered routes in Ponca City are showing up, and BUS I-40 in Weatherford, OK is similarly unaffected.

[mcdonaat]

Noticed on a Google Maps view that business routes are now labeled with a B after it.

Example: http://goo.gl/maps/RkFgm
US 165 Business is now shown as US 165B. Is this brand new? Never seen it before.

This is something particular to how this area's routes are tagged. None of the bannered routes in Ponca City are showing up, and BUS I-40 in Weatherford, OK is similarly unaffected.

Just checked Ponca City, and the business routes on Google Maps are just shields. In fact, Mapmaker shows US 165B as US 165 Business, not an actual 165B. I-1208 is just State Route 1208-4.

[SSOWorld]

also - not consistent - http://goo.gl/maps/20chl (51 on the right is actually Business 51.)

[Roadsguy]

Just something they're doing lately. But really, how hard can it be to just photoshop a green interstate shield, or just make the renderer add banners?

As for the mysterious I-1208, probably a four-digit route mislabeled as an Interstate. For a time, pieces of US 209 in PA were shown as I-209.

[Takumi]

This is something particular to how this area's routes are tagged.

I've noticed secondary routes in certain Virginia counties will be tagged as county routes, which is erroneous because VDOT maintains them, while most have the correct state route tag.

[1995hoo]

I zoomed Google Maps in on Charlottesville, Virginia, since it's a place I know to have multiple routes designated "Business" or "Bypass." Google Maps didn't add any sort of designator for any of those. But I have to say I prefer Google's omission of a designator to what Bing Maps does. Bing indicates "Bypass" for a bypass route, but a business route–including an Interstate business loop–is shown with a banner reading "Branch." For example, Emmet Street in Charlottesville is listed as "Branch 29" and Green I-95 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is listed as "Branch 95" (using a standard-colored Interstate shield).

I normally use Bing instead of Google for reasons unrelated to the maps. But this is an area where Bing dropped the ball. I think having no banner shown is better than showing one that isn't in use on the signs in the area. That is, showing a US-29 shield with no banner does match what's on the sign because the sign shows US-29. Showing "Branch 29" does not because there is no sign anywhere in Charlottesville that calls it that. (I notice that here in Virginia Bing lists the Beltway as "Innerloop" and "Outerloop"–yes, misspelled as one word like that–but they do not refer to the "Inner Beltline" and "Outer Beltline" in Raleigh. So there's some effort to reflect local usage to some extent. That's part of why I think the idea of using a generic term like "Branch" is a bit odd.)

[NE2]

I've noticed secondary routes in certain Virginia counties will be tagged as county routes, which is erroneous because VDOT maintains them, while most have the correct state route tag.

This is actually TIGER's fault; look in OSM and you'll see the same thing (including some dumbass who converted those to ref tags, so you get CR * in an oval).

Bing indicates "Bypass" for a bypass route, but a business route–including an Interstate business loop–is shown with a banner reading "Branch."

Almost certainly an erroneous expansion of BR (business route).

[US71]

also - not consistent - http://goo.gl/maps/20chl (51 on the right is actually Business 51.)

Ditto Rogers, AR:
http://goo.gl/maps/tVt1J
Should be Business 71 (aka 71B). Also, 62 and 12 don't follow this route any longer, but when I told Google, they said I was wrong.

[Alps]

Noticed on a Google Maps view that business routes are now labeled with a B after it.

Example: http://goo.gl/maps/RkFgm
US 165 Business is now shown as US 165B. Is this brand new? Never seen it before.

Where did I-1208 come from?

It's the 6th freeway loop of I-8. If I-8 extended to Louisiana.

[myosh_tino]

Not done in California either.  Business 80/Capital City Freeway still has an I-80 shield (along with a US 50 shield)... http://www.google.com/maps?ll=38.574474,-121.462784&spn=0.295786,0.441513&t=m&z=11

Business 205 through Tracy does not have any shields on it although there are "I-205 BUS" notations along with "E 11th St"... http://www.google.com/maps?ll=37.755108,-121.392231&spn=0.074782,0.110378&t=m&z=13.  IIRC, my TomTom GPS does sign 11th Street at I-205

[Roadsguy]

I-1208 is now a state route again.

They're watching us...

[Alps]

They're watching us...

If the same-day mapping of US 48 in WV is any indication, yes, they are. I'll take the unparalleled response time = customer service. Either that, or someone here has edit approval privileges O_O

[bugo]

I didn't see any xxB routes in Arkansas, where they are actually signed that way.

[US71]

I didn't see any xxB routes in Arkansas, where they are actually signed that way.

Nor are they signed as XX Business. Last time I told Google, they said I was wrong.

[rawmustard]

Apparently Google Maps has finally decided to use green shields. (Considering I open Google Maps in Battle Creek fairly frequently, the change jumped out almost immediately.)

[bzakharin]

Market Street / Philadelphia Pike in Wilmington, DE still just has a US 13 shield and no business designation or text. This can be pretty confusing since it parallels the real US 13 pretty closely. Business route 1 in NJ is however marked as US 1B. I wonder why the inconsistencies.

[hotdogPi]

NH 28 bypass says 28B.

[TheStranger]

Looking through California...interesting to see that the US 101 business loop in Ventura gets marked on Google Maps with 101B shields, while just about every other 101 business route (including the notable, well-signed Santa Maria one) does not have that.  Business US 395 in Ridgecrest is labeled as US 395 (no B).

I-15's business route in Barstow is marked, as is the Capital City Freeway Business 80 in Sacramento.

Business I-5 in Red Bluff is marked.

Business Route 20 is just marked as "Route 20" through Williams (as opposed to 20B), similar deal for Business Route 58 in Mojave and Business Route 18 in San Bernardino.

[rickmastfan67]

And now Google has started to add proper banners above route shields.  Just noticed it tonight!

http://goo.gl/maps/xMF0S

[maplestar]

And now Google has started to add proper banners above route shields.  Just noticed it tonight!

http://goo.gl/maps/xMF0S

I just noticed it as I was reviewing links from earlier in the thread.

Is anybody else getting misaligned numbers on the bannered route shields? (the numbers are aligned normally on non-bannered shields)

Example: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_60TrwswauXa1VGWE1JNFY5TjQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

[us175]

Just checked the 3 Business US 175's, and they're all bannered, but I saw no bannering for the TX state business routes.  I guess it's only been done for the US routes so far.

Also, panned down to the 2 US Alts to the south, 77 and 90, and they're both ALT bannered now, but I guess 77 had been previously labeled as 77A before the bannering, so now it shows up as ALT 77A.

[hotdogPi]

1 Bypass in New Hampshire is correct.

28 Bypass is still 28B.