<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello.<br><br></div>There are currently some efforts to get junction names and traffic signal names rendered in openstreetmap-carto. The tagging for complex junctions isn’t yet well defined. So I would
like to hear your opinion and your advice about which of our ideas would
be suitable/best for routing/turn-to-turn navigation.<br><br>Background:In
some countries (Japan, Korea, Ivory Coast…) people orient themselves in
the local area using the names of road junctions (like crossroads or
roundabouts) or traffic signals rather then the names of streets. While
street names also exist, they are not important for orientation. (Note:
This is about orientation in the local area, thus different from the
names of motorway junctions who’s names serve for orientation at large
distances.)<br><div><div><br>Example: <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Junction_yes_example_2.png" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Junction_yes_example_2.png</a>
<br><br>Possibility 1: A simple node in the middle of the junction. This node contains the name of the junction. The node is not connected with any of the ways.<br><br>Possibility 2: All shared nodes (of the crossing ways) contain the name of the junction.<br>
<br></div><div>Possibility 3: A relation contains the name of the junction and has all shared nodes (of the crossing ways) as members.<br><br></div><div>Possiblity 4: An area contains the name of the junction. The area covers the outline of the physical area of the junction on the ground. The area shares individual nodes with all incoming and outgoing ways. (In the example: 8 shared nodes)<br>
<br></div><div>From the point of view of a developer of routing/turn-to-turn navigation: Which of theses solutions would be perfect, which would be still acceptable, and which would be a no-go?<br><br><div>Lukas Sommer</div>
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