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<div>OSM Wiki is "dedicated wiki that documents current practices"<br></div><div><br></div><div>Yes, it is sometimes outdated - but it is unlikely to be changed by creating an exact duplicate.<br></div><div><br></div><div>If you see something wrong you are welcome to edit it (feel free to ask for help<br></div><div>if you need it).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dec 16, 2020, 16:49 by osm@dead10ck.com:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Right, this is what I was thinking as well, it makes a lot of sense to have the direction that's on the sign post to aid with navigation. It seems a dedicated wiki that documents current practices would be helpful. Thank you!<br></div><div><span><pre>-- <br></pre><div style="width: 71ch;">Skyler<br></div></span></div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, 2020-12-16 at 16:33 +0100, Tom Pfeifer wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex" type="cite"><pre>On 16.12.2020 14:19, Skyler Hawthorne wrote:<br></pre><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex" type="cite"><pre><br></pre><pre>On Wed, Dec 16, 2020, at 05:44, Tom Pfeifer wrote:<br></pre><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex" type="cite"><pre>What is written on the sign at this junction? If "North" is mentioned there I would be<br></pre><pre>happy enough with the tagging above.<br></pre></blockquote><pre><br></pre><pre>That is correct, the sign says "I 787 North". However the wiki page for the destination:ref key states:<br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre> The key destination:ref <<br></pre><pre>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination:ref>=*<br></pre><pre> should be<br></pre><pre> used to specify the reference of the roads directly ahead as indicated on signposts, road<br></pre><pre> markings or similar. The value of this key should be equal to the value of the key ref<br></pre><pre> <<br></pre><pre>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref>=*<br></pre><pre> of these roads.<br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Note the last sentence. If the destination:ref must be the same as the ref it is going to, then this <br></pre><pre>would be I 787, or else all the ways along the entire I 787 route should have their ref tags changed <br></pre><pre>to indicate direction as well.<br></pre></blockquote><pre><br></pre><pre>Well, it says 'should', not 'must', thus in this case using destination:ref="I 787 North" is a <br></pre><pre>refinement of just "I 787". Maybe an improvement for the phrase in the wiki would be<br></pre><pre>"should be equal to or a further qualification of related to the value...".<br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>On 16.12.2020 15:41, Paul Johnson wrote:<br></pre><pre> > Wouldn't it make more sense, and isn't it already more common, for destination tags to contain the<br></pre><pre> > information on the destination signs, which /do/ differentiate direction?<br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Haven't analysed that, but if the destinations are signposted that way, it should be reflected in<br></pre><pre>the tagging.<br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre> > I feel like this is another example of "the wiki was written by someone with inadequate information."<br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Both tagging and wiki develop, hopefully forward. In this case, Key:destination:ref redirects<br></pre><pre>onto an old 2012 proposal, I'm probably going to resolve that soon with describing the current practice.<br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre> tom<br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>_______________________________________________<br></pre><pre>Tagging mailing list<br></pre><pre>Tagging@openstreetmap.org<br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging<br></pre><pre><br></pre></blockquote></blockquote><div><br></div> </body>
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