[Tagging] key:destination Signpost question

[Paul Johnson]

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Kam, Kristen <kristenk at telenav.com> wrote:

>  For a while now, the status quo was to use the 'exit_to' tag on the node
> where the signpost would be (bifurcation points typically) when
> representing a signpost location and information. This tag is being
> deprecated (hence this wiki page). Using the destination tag on the ways
> (e.g., motorway_link) can provide one with the signpost information, but
> how would one easily identify the signpost? Are we going to use the
> 'destination%' tags in conjunction with the highway=motorway_junction tags
> on the nodes where the bifurcation point is? This isn't clear in the main
> article for 'Key:destination'
>

Destinations are supposed to be relations, and the members are pretty
clear.  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:destination_sign#Members

For the sign itself, I pick the centroid of the sign location (which isn't
necessarily linear to the other members, especially when the sign is not
overhead!).  The important (and only required) member is "to".
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