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<p class=MsoNormal>I am leaving for a 5 month trip through parts of outback
Australia in a few weeks and I want to add to OSM as much additional detail as
I reasonably can. I will be travelling in the Flinders Ranges, Red Centre,
Queensland Gulf area and parts of Queensland far north. I am particularly looking
for input on how I should tag roadhouses. Many of them are partly shown. Take
Barkley Homestead on the Barkley Highway in the south of the Northern Territory
for example. It currently has two symbols, a tent with a “caravan_site”
tag and a petrol pump with extensive information that looks to be supplied by
Caltex the site fuel supplier. But there is also a restaurant, a bar that
doubles as the local pub, a coffee shop/snack bar, cabin accommodation and tent
sites. I travelled through the area in August last year and will be through
again this year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>So the question is, should the elements be shown as separate
nodes and individually tagged or as multiple tags to a single node.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Also some highways and major roads are tagged but the names
are not rendering so are not appearing on the map download that I have in
MapSource or that I load into my GPS. The tagging looks different to that shown
in Potlatch examples in the Wiki so I wonder if that is the reason. I am
reluctant to change them until I understand the system a bit better, but
bringing highway information up to date is one thing that I want to achieve
during this trip.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>So, over to the experts. Thanks in advance for your help.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Kevin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kevin Sheather<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Phone 07 3491 7299<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mobile - Kevin 0417 751 678<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>solutions@bigpond.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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