Thanks, Brad. It is a pass, as there are two identical signs in opposite directions, 175 meters apart. The pass may have a name, after all, which is on another sign. Anyway I will check with a local person. The signs in question can be considered as geographical information boards.
On Fri, 30 Dec 2022, 03:05 brad, <bradha...@fastmail.com> wrote: > I think you should check your data. Looking at USGS topo, that point > does look very close to the continental divide. > Usually, but I suppose not always, when you go over the divide you are > going over a pass. This one seems to be fairly flat so perhaps never got > named. > I don't use mapillary, but according to the USGS topo loaded into > qmapshack the divide crosses that road at > N35.005307° W108.081164° > > I have seen a similar sign in NM that wasn't on the divide & I assumed it > was a joke put up by a local prankster, but this one seems right. > > On 12/29/22 11:52, Volker Schmidt wrote: > > I have now checked on Gmaps: that sign is not on the continental divide, > but it is announcing the continental divide. About 175m further there is an > identical sign on the other side of the road, and facing the opposite > direction. Hence there is a pass, but the highest point itself is not > marked. I have added a mountain pass in the middle between the signs with a > provisional name, which I will have checked by a local, whom I happen to > know. > .The "Continental Divide" is not a pass, but a watershed that is several > thousand km long. > > Il giorno gio 29 dic 2022 alle ore 16:40 Joseph Eisenberg < > joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > >> This example should also be mapped as a pass, with a node tagged >> mountain_pass=yes on the highway, with the elevation >> >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 2:26 PM Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I would like to tag signs that do refer to Points of Interest like this >>> example <https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=192002416097005> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing > listTagging@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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