[Tagging] How to tag road junction names and traffic signal names?

[Lukas Sommer]

Yes, I know that junction=yes works fine for simple crossroads. My question
is: How should we map complex junctions like
http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2351057522#map=19/5.34399/-4.00300 Using
just an unconnected node like in this example (even after removing the
wrong place=hamlet tag) maybe is difficult for turn-to-turn navigation
software. So, how can we solve this?

Lukas Sommer


2014-07-24 15:29 GMT+00:00 Christian Quest <cquest at openstreetmap.fr>:

> Have you looked at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key%3Ajunction
>
> "*junction*=yes <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:junction%3Dyes> can
> be useful for a simple junction node that has a name
> <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name>=*
> <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:name%3D*> tag"
>
> I'm using that in the OSM-FR rendering... and even deal with
> traffic_signals icon shift to display both icon+name. ;)
>
>
>
> 2014-07-24 16:42 GMT+02:00 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>:
>
>>
>> 2014-07-24 15:24 GMT+02:00 Lukas Sommer <sommerluk at gmail.com>:
>>
>> Current situation:
>>> We have the tags highway=traffic_signals (for traffic signals on road
>>> junctions or at straight roads – typical for Japan) and junction=yes (for
>>> road junctions with or without traffic signals – typical for Ivory Coast)
>>> in use at OSM. Both tags are almost exclusively used on nodes. They can be
>>> used together with name=*. This works quite well for simple crossroads
>>> (example:
>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Junction_yes_example_1.png)
>>>
>>> Shortcomings of the current situation:
>>> It isn’t defined how to tag more complex cases.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> maybe the junction key can be used more universally (with different
>> values), we are already using it also with junction=roundabout, only that
>> it could be disputed that junction=roundabout is covering the whole
>> junctions (the entries and exits you often have to a roundabout could be
>> seen as part of the junction for instance). More in-use values can be found
>> here: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/junction#values
>> Some of them maybe aren't junctions (what kind of junction is
>> "approach"?), others are diverging from our standard mantra (no
>> abbreviations), like "spui" or "ddi" and might merit retagging?
>>
>> cheers,
>> Martin
>>
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