Right, this is what I was thinking as well, it makes a lot of sense to have the direction that's on the sign post to aid with navigation. It seems a dedicated wiki that documents current practices would be helpful. Thank you! On Wed, 2020-12-16 at 16:33 +0100, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > On 16.12.2020 14:19, Skyler Hawthorne wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020, at 05:44, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > > > What is written on the sign at this junction? If "North" is > > > mentioned there I would behappy enough with the tagging above. > > > > That is correct, the sign says "I 787 North". However the wiki page > > for the destination:ref key states: > > The key destination:ref < > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination:ref>=* should > > be used to specify the reference of the roads directly ahead as > > indicated on signposts, road markings or similar. The value of > > this key should be equal to the value of the key ref < > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref>=* of these roads. > > Note the last sentence. If the destination:ref must be the same as > > the ref it is going to, then this would be I 787, or else all the > > ways along the entire I 787 route should have their ref tags > > changed to indicate direction as well. > > Well, it says 'should', not 'must', thus in this case using > destination:ref="I 787 North" is a refinement of just "I 787". Maybe > an improvement for the phrase in the wiki would be"should be equal to > or a further qualification of related to the value...". > On 16.12.2020 15:41, Paul Johnson wrote: > Wouldn't it make more > sense, and isn't it already more common, for destination tags to > contain the > information on the destination signs, which /do/ > differentiate direction? > Haven't analysed that, but if the destinations are signposted that > way, it should be reflected inthe tagging. > > I feel like this is another example of "the wiki was written by > someone with inadequate information." > Both tagging and wiki develop, hopefully forward. In this case, > Key:destination:ref redirectsonto an old 2012 proposal, I'm probably > going to resolve that soon with describing the current practice. > tom > > _______________________________________________Tagging mailing > listtagg...@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- Skyler
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