Hi Andy,
we already have (not well documented) tags for this:
Either you use destination_sign relations as Sarah pointed out. Or, if
you prefer a more simple approach, there are eight defined keys to add
the information with approximate directions:
direction_north, ..., direction_southwest, direction_northeast, ...
For some reason they are only mentioned on the German Wiki page
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Tag:information%3Dguidepost
But they are used almost 30,000 times already, see e.g.
https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/direction_south
These eight cardinal directions seem to be quite imprecise, but if you
look at common intersections, they are able to cover almost all cases.
Jan
On 16.07.20 20:24, Andy Mabbett wrote:
I am mapping a fingerpost, aka guidepost:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:information%3Dguidepost
I would like to add the inscription, for each of the three fingers,
with their compass points. I note:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination
destination:337.5:=foo
What do folk think?
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