Re: [Tagging] key:destination Signpost question

2014-08-29 Thread Lukas Sommer
> the tag > is used directly (e.g. destination=Exampletown) on the ways leading away > from a bifurcation, and/or in the form of destination:lanes (e.g. > destination:lanes=Exampletown| > Foobarcity) on the way leading towards the > bifurcation. Thanks for this explication! I was always in doubt

Re: [Tagging] key:destination Signpost question

2014-08-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Tobias Knerr wrote: > On 29.08.2014 21:16, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Destinations are supposed to be relations, and the members are pretty > > clear. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:destination_sign#Members > > I believe Kristen was talking about Key:d

Re: [Tagging] key:destination Signpost question

2014-08-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Johan C wrote: > For motorways it's not necessary to know the location of the signposts, > since every split is signposted (except for some very few exceptions > maybe). > There have been some rather notorious examples where this has not always been the case. The

Re: [Tagging] key:destination Signpost question

2014-08-29 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 29.08.2014 21:16, Paul Johnson wrote: > Destinations are supposed to be relations, and the members are pretty > clear. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:destination_sign#Members I believe Kristen was talking about Key:destination, which is what should replace exit_to. There are no re

Re: [Tagging] key:destination Signpost question

2014-08-29 Thread Johan C
I'm using the motorway_junction node on exits, with the ref and the name as tags. Reasons: it has been done since the early days of OSM, and it looks nice on Mapnik. I'm also using the motorway_junction up to four times per interchange to have the name of the interchange appear on Mapnik (example:

Re: [Tagging] key:destination Signpost question

2014-08-29 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Kam, Kristen wrote: > For a while now, the status quo was to use the 'exit_to' tag on the node > where the signpost would be (bifurcation points typically) when > representing a signpost location and information. This tag is being > deprecated (hence this wiki p