<div dir="ltr">In Japan, a name plate is attached to a traffic signal, but the name is widely recognized as "junction" name. So I think it's reasonable to tag it as a junction.<br><br>However officially (legally) the name is "place" name. It causes some problems.<br><br>Small problem: No junction<br><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1114945003">http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1114945003</a><br>There is traffic signal with name and zebra zone, but no junction here. Is it a junction name or a signal name?<br>(I think it can be treated as a junction name to keep consistency)<br><br>Severe problem: Different names<br><a href="https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@43.0932299,141.3406141,3a,75y,36.3h,85.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXMdPZfgudt0fNJT3iY-l2w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656">https://www.google.co.jp/maps/@43.0932299,141.3406141,3a,75y,36.3h,85.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXMdPZfgudt0fNJT3iY-l2w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656</a><br>It's not so big junction. There are four physical traffic signals.<br>However each name of traffic signals are different, 北27西6, 北27西5, 北26西5, 北26西6(北=North, 西=West). Because they are "city block" name.<br>I don't have any idea to map them correctly.<br><br>muramoto<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-11-13 10:45 GMT+09:00 John Willis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnw@mac.com" target="_blank">johnw@mac.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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<span class="">> On Nov 13, 2015, at 6:45 AM, John Eldredge <<a href="mailto:john@jfeldredge.com">john@jfeldredge.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Could you have a named signal at a named junction, with different names?<br>
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</span>Afaik, named road junctions do not exist in Japan (motorway junctions are named, but not normal roads with signals) I am not sure about other places.<br>
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The closest thing is when a major street is named after the place=quarter(?) it goes through, and the area is broken up into numbered blocks (not street addresses for the buildings, but sequential block numbers) and the signals are basically numbered along with the adjacent area, So:<br>
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Driving down Honcho street through honcho sections 1, 2, 3, etc , the signal names will match Honcho 1, Honcho2, honcho3.<br>
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But this only happens for secondary/primary/trunks *sometimes*.<br>
Other times they will be named like "station north entrance" or just the name of the village, if it is a small place. Some are named as "foobar mountain entrance", because it is where you turn to drive up the large mountain - so expecting the signal names to be in some kind of sequential order, related to the current town name or nearby buildings is not good, as it is very inconsistent - hence the names need to be rendered, as provided mapping instructions and visible signage on where to turn - either on paper maps, a printed brochure or online PDF, or GPS navi systems are all based on signal names (when present) to tell you where to turn, or give you a reference point to count signals past that point on where to turn.<br>
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