Forwarding this to the tagging list: should the name tag on a highway=motorway_junction node be used for the destinations on the exit sign or only for a special name if the junction has one (like in Germany I believe all junctions have a one-city name, and many US toll roads name their interchanges)?
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Mike N. <nice...@att.net> wrote: >I said: >> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Mike N. <nice...@att.net> wrote: >>> >>> If we're serious about starting to use exit_to, let's float this on the >>> talk list and get the JOSM preset changed. Eventually, all the existing >>> entries must be converted. (Hopefully no map data consumer is using the >>> name= part of the motorway_junction yet) >> >> What JOSM preset is this? The highway=motorway_junction one has name >> and number, which is correct. The only issue is whether what's on the >> sign is the name, or whether the name is something that doesn't exist >> at all exits. > > That's the preset I was referring to. If we decide that placing sign > destinations into exit_to instead of name will be common, the exit_to field > should be added to the preset dialog to prompt people that something has > changed. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
