Forwarded message by NE2 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com> Date: 2012/11/20 Subject: Re: [Tagging] exit_to on motorway_junction To: Cc: Johan C <osm...@gmail.com>
On 11/20/2012 3:43 PM, Johan C wrote: > JOSM supports exit_to. JOSM doesn't support destination. > > Following the text by Martin I updated > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/**wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_** > junction#Destinations<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_junction#Destinations> > . > I indeed think it's a good idear to be clear in the communication of any > (to be) deprecated tag. > > Most exit_to's seem to be used in the US. I checked upon a > motorway_junction in the US (New York) where I noticed that the name=* > of the motorway_junction had been replaced by exit_to=* with the same > value. The US does not seem to use the name=* on the motorway_junction. > Two questions on that: > > 1. does the tag exit_to=* on a motorway_junction in your opinion have > the same meaning as the tag name=* on that motorway_junction? > 2. if your answer to the first question is no, than what is the difference? > exit_to is what's on the sign. name is a name given to the interchange, which doesn't usually exist in the U.S. A few examples where it does exist (mainly on toll roads): http://www.alpsroads.net/**roads/pa/i-276/e343.jpg<http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/pa/i-276/e343.jpg> name=Willow Grove exit_to=PA 611; Doylestown; Jenkintown http://www.aaroads.com/**northeast/massachusetts050/i-** 090_wb_exit_008_04.jpg<http://www.aaroads.com/northeast/massachusetts050/i-090_wb_exit_008_04.jpg> http://www.alpsroads.net/**roads/ma/i-90/ticket.jpg<http://www.alpsroads.net/roads/ma/i-90/ticket.jpg> name=Palmer exit_to=SR 32 to US 20; Palmer; Amherst I know there was a discussion somewhere about replacing name with exit_to, but I don't remember where. Thus the wheel is being reinvented for no reason.
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