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

[Dan S]

If place=hamlet is wrong, I believe place=locality is often used as a
generic tag for nodes indicating named locations. Not really a
solution but a simple option.

Dan

2014-07-24 17:01 GMT+01:00 Lukas Sommer <sommerluk at gmail.com>:
> 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 can be useful for a simple junction node that has a name=*
>> 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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>>
>>
>> --
>> Christian Quest - OpenStreetMap France
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