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<div>+1, this can be somehow tagged,<br></div><div>but there is no need to invent a new tag<br></div><div><br></div><div>I would also tag guidepost attached to<br></div><div>building as information=guidepost,<br></div><div>even if it would be supported by wall,<br></div><div>not a post</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>21 Jul 2020, 18:22 by jmapb@gmx.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>On 7/21/2020 11:02 AM, Jan Michel wrote:<br></div><blockquote><div>Hi Michal,<br></div><div>I would stay with information=guidepost for those.<br></div><div>They serve exactly the same purpose, so they should get the same major<br></div><div>tag. It's only the way the sign is made that is different. You can add<br></div><div>the common tags like "support", "material", "location" or "colour" to<br></div><div>give further details about the style of the marker.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If it's really needed, we can also add another tag to specify the type<br></div><div>of marker. Unfortunately guidepost=* has already been taken for<br></div><div>something different, so one could define guidepost:type=*.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Jan<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I agree that a slightly metaphorical use of information=guidepost is the<br></div><div>best idea here -- it doesn't have to be a literal post. (A trail blaze<br></div><div>was originally a physical scratch in the tree bark, but it's rare to see<br></div><div>that now and the meaning has expanded to accommodate other styles.)<br></div><div><br></div><div>All of the alternative guideposts that Michal mentioned -- rock faces,<br></div><div>trees, walls, similar existing surfaces -- would be best encoded using<br></div><div>the location=* tag IMO.<br></div><div><br></div><div>J<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Tagging mailing list<br></div><div>Tagging@openstreetmap.org<br></div><div>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div> </body>
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