[OSM-newbies] JOSM assistance required

[Cartinus]

On Saturday 21 May 2011 19:27:51 Kevin Steinhardt wrote:
> Thanks for all your words, guys. I've been perusing the wiki and also
> Tagwatch: the vast vast majority of information=guidepost nodes are
> also tagged with the 'parent' tourism=information. Paddenstoelen
> aren't tourist route signs; they're everyday, commuting route signs
> --- I feel that highway=paddenstoel would better reflect their
> purpose. Perhaps it should be traffic_sign=paddenstoel; anyone got any
> opinion on using the traffic_sign key-space?

Those are definitely not a traffic signs. These are:
<http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verkeersbord>

* For an everyday commute people don't look at signs, they know where to go.
* Paddenstoelen were invented (a long time ago) to stimulate bicycle 
recreation. And that is still their main purpose. They are (mostly) placed in 
natural area's where there are a lot of recreational cyclists. Along the main 
city to village v.v. bicycle routes you'll find the standard tall guideposts.

See this forum thread (in dutch) for an earlier discussion about 
paddenstoelen.
<http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=7815>

In short: Just map them with information=guidepost and some other tag if you 
want to tell what kind of guidepost it is.


-- 
m.v.g.,
Cartinus