Differentiate shields to avoid collisions

[jidanni]

At one magnification the 8 is on the top road, at the other magnification the 8 jumps down to the bottom road.

At least differentiating their shields, like the highway departments do, would alleviate 95% of the mystery.

Let's see how some other maps take care of this problem:


Location.

[jidanni]

Here NRCAN's map sufferers the same problem.:
One can imagine what hazards might ensure using such map in the field.

[jidanni]

[Above] OSM France style also illustrates the problem.

[kennykb]

This duplicates about a zillion other requests, and OSM's data model makes it, uhm, rather difficult.

Some renderers can more or less manage it: https://kbk.is-a-geek.net/catskills/test4.html?la=43.4432&lo=-80.4704&z=13

[sommerluk]

@jidanni Thanks for the bug report. But please use the search function to see if there is already a bug report for your issue before submitting a new bug report.

Closing as duplicate of #508