I would encourage typing like this, NOT LIKE THIS IN UPPERCASE

Mar 6, 2025, 21:11 by tagging@openstreetmap.org:

> HELLO EVERYONE. I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME THOUGHTS ON AN EARLY BRAINSTORM OF A 
> MAST RELATION. PLEASE SEE MY INITIAL THOUGHTS BELOW AND I WELCOME ANY 
> ADDITION, FEEDBACK, SUGGESTIONS, ETC.
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> MAST RELATION
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> MAST RELATIONS AREUSED TO CONVEY MULTIPLE ELEMENTS THAT EXIST ON A SINGLE 
> MAST OR BETWEEN TWO MASTS SUCH ASMULTIPLE STREET SIGNS ON A SINGLE POST OR A 
> LARGE TELECOMMUNICATIONSTOWER WITH MULTIPLE TYPES AND SIZES OF EQUIPMENT, OR 
> A FLAGPOLE WITHMULTIPLE FLAGS.
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> EACH  ELEMENT SHOULDBE TAGGED AS A NODE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE WORLD, EVEN IF 
> THAT MEANSOVERLAPPING NODES. EACH ELEMENT SHOULD BE TAGGED IN THE RELATION 
> WITHAN EMPTY ROLE, IN ORDER OF FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE GROUND TO THECLOSEST TO 
> THE GROUND AND FROM THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE CENTER TOTHE CLOSEST TO THE 
> CENTER. SUCH RELATION ORDERING IS COMMONLY USED INROUTE RELATIONS AND WILL 
> APPLY TO MAST RELATIONS AS WELL.
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> FOR EXAMPLE, IF ASTOP SIGN IS BELOW A STREET SIGN IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT 
> THEY SHAREA POLE, THE TAGGING WOULD BE:
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> RELATION
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> `TYPE=MAST`
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> STREET SIGN
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> `TRAFFIC_SIGN=US:D3-1[MAIN STREET]`
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> STOP SIGN
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> `TRAFFIC_SIGN=US:R1-1`
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> IN THE ORDER OFSTREET SIGN, STOP SIGN.
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> THIS RELATION CANALSO BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE SIGNS OR CAMERAS THAT SHARE A 
> POST WITHA UTILITY WIRE, LARGE ADVERTISING BILLBOARDS WITH SIGNS 
> FACINGMULTIPLE DIRECTIONS, AND FLAGPOLES WITH MULTIPLE FLAGS.
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> WITH REGARD TOSTREET LIGHTS ON WIRES, THIS SHOULD BE TREATED THE SAME AS BUS 
> ROUTESTHAT ARE NOT A LOOP, WHERE 3 RELATIONS ARE NECESSARY. ONE FROM 
> THEPERSPECTIVE OF EACH POLE, AND AN OVERALL MAST RELATION TO HOUSE BOTH(OR 
> ALL) RELATIONS ON THE LINE.
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> THE USE OF HEIGHTAND LAYER IS ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED. IF A WIRE IS USED 
> ASDESCRIBED ABOVE, THE WIRE ITSELF SHOULD BE PART OF THE RELATION ASWELL, 
> JUST AS WAYS ARE A PART OF A BUS ROUTE.
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> IDEALLY, ELEMENTSCAN BE ADDED TO THE RELATION WITHOUT A CORRESPONDING NODE, 
> TO BEPLACED IN THE SAME COORDINATE AS THE RELATION IN THE DATABASE. THIS,TO 
> MY KNOWLEDGE, IS NOT A CAPABILITY OPENSTREETMAP HAS AS OF WRITING.
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