Good Day,

I am writing to receive additional clarity with regards to using the 
'destination%' tag in the context of signposts.

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 page). Using the destination tag on the ways (e.g., motorway_link) can 
provide one with the signpost information, but how would one easily identify 
the signpost? Are we going to use the 'destination%' tags in conjunction with 
the highway=motorway_junction tags on the nodes where the bifurcation point is? 
This isn't clear in the main article for 'Key:destination'.

My thoughts are that tagging both node (bifurcation point) and way(s) 
(downstream from node representing bifurcation point) would make it easy for 
downstream OSM data users to identify the signpost locations and the relevant 
signage information. An existing example (not edited by me!!) is along the 
lines of what I'm thinking:
·         node 140772317<http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/140772317>, 
represents the bifurcation point
·         way 14406219<http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14406219>, represents 
the right part of the fork/bifurcation
·         way 293468020<http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/293468020>, represents 
the left part of the fork/bifurcation

Here is a visual example of the bifurcation with the OSM ways and node cited 
above:


·         http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Bifurcation_example.PNG

Please note, I also posted here:


·         
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:destination#Identifying_Signpost_Location.28s.29_In_Conjunction_with_ways_tagged_with_.27destination.25.27_tag

Best,

Kristen
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Kristen Kam
OSM Profile --> http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/KristenK

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