+1, this can be somehow tagged, but there is no need to invent a new tag I would also tag guidepost attached to building as information=guidepost, even if it would be supported by wall, not a post
21 Jul 2020, 18:22 by jm...@gmx.com: > On 7/21/2020 11:02 AM, Jan Michel wrote: > >> Hi Michal, >> I would stay with information=guidepost for those. >> They serve exactly the same purpose, so they should get the same major >> tag. It's only the way the sign is made that is different. You can add >> the common tags like "support", "material", "location" or "colour" to >> give further details about the style of the marker. >> >> If it's really needed, we can also add another tag to specify the type >> of marker. Unfortunately guidepost=* has already been taken for >> something different, so one could define guidepost:type=*. >> >> Jan >> > > I agree that a slightly metaphorical use of information=guidepost is the > best idea here -- it doesn't have to be a literal post. (A trail blaze > was originally a physical scratch in the tree bark, but it's rare to see > that now and the meaning has expanded to accommodate other styles.) > > All of the alternative guideposts that Michal mentioned -- rock faces, > trees, walls, similar existing surfaces -- would be best encoded using > the location=* tag IMO. > > J > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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