<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Tobias Knerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:osm@tobias-knerr.de" target="_blank">osm@tobias-knerr.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">On <a href="tel:21.05.2017%2022" value="+12105201722">21.05.2017 22</a>:23, yo paseopor wrote:<br>
> As you can see in <a href="http://imgur.com/gallery/SgE90" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://imgur.com/gallery/SgE90</a> with Kendzi3D JOSM<br>
> plugin you can locate the traffic signs belonging to a way.<br>
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</span>Of course it's always possible to guess a place next to the road, but<br>
even with your proposed side=* tagging, that's not nearly as good as<br>
being able to map the actual location.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm also a proponent of "actual location" for the sign nodes. Especially since signs can be spotted by the shadows and therefore can be used as an aid to determining map alignment.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Also consider that not all signs clearly belong to a single road, for<br>
example [1]. Plus there are traffic signs which are not next to a way at<br>
all, but e.g. on a pedestrian square or a parking space, which can only<br>
be mapped using separate nodes.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Oddly enough, I have an example of this in my neighborhood. I took a picture of it because it looks like it's telling the cycleway to wait for green light, not the turnpike coins-only onramp. Also, surprisingly in good shape and unfaded for a button-copy era sign.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://i.imgur.com/YrzWp5u.jpg">http://i.imgur.com/YrzWp5u.jpg</a><br></div><div><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=36.02489&mlon=-95.92179#map=19/36.02489/-95.92179">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=36.02489&mlon=-95.92179#map=19/36.02489/-95.92179</a></div></div></div></div>