For those who wonder how useful the trafic sign and associated stuff can be, this 5 years old article can give some hints https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-google-builds-its-maps-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-everything/261913/
Google seems to use street view detection to improve its road mapping. https://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/science/assets_c/2012/09/us_signage-thumb-615x375-98063.jpeg All the best *François* 2017-05-25 13:00 GMT+02:00 Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org>: > > > On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Tobias Knerr <o...@tobias-knerr.de> > wrote: > >> On 21.05.2017 22:23, yo paseopor wrote: >> > As you can see in http://imgur.com/gallery/SgE90 with Kendzi3D JOSM >> > plugin you can locate the traffic signs belonging to a way. >> >> Of course it's always possible to guess a place next to the road, but >> even with your proposed side=* tagging, that's not nearly as good as >> being able to map the actual location. >> > > I'm also a proponent of "actual location" for the sign nodes. Especially > since signs can be spotted by the shadows and therefore can be used as an > aid to determining map alignment. > > >> Also consider that not all signs clearly belong to a single road, for >> example [1]. Plus there are traffic signs which are not next to a way at >> all, but e.g. on a pedestrian square or a parking space, which can only >> be mapped using separate nodes. >> > > Oddly enough, I have an example of this in my neighborhood. I took a > picture of it because it looks like it's telling the cycleway to wait for > green light, not the turnpike coins-only onramp. Also, surprisingly in > good shape and unfaded for a button-copy era sign. > > http://i.imgur.com/YrzWp5u.jpg > http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=36.02489&mlon=-95.92179# > map=19/36.02489/-95.92179 > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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