[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Voting - Tagging for complex junctions or traffic signals that are named

[Dave Swarthout]

@Lukas
"But what would we gain when we distinguish between th:junction_area and
kr:junction_area - because here we have two values for the same feature."

I assume what is desired is to have the ability to provide those two values
in different languages. Usually the language suffix is found on the tag
rather than the value as in: name:en=* or name:th=*.

Here in Thailand for example we write both name=* and name:th=* in Thai
script while the English version would be name:en=* in our alphabet. This
way rendered maps can use either language (or both) as they wish.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Lukas Sommer <sommerluk at gmail.com> wrote:

> The case of Japan is different. In Japan, the name belongs to the _traffic
> signal_, and _not_ to the junction. We need to distinguish this, because
> they are usually differently rendered (traffic signal names usually with an
> icon and junction names usually without an icon).
>
> But what would we gain when we distinguish between th:junction_area and
> kr:junction_area - because here we have two values for the same feature.
>
> While the tagging has a certain focus on some asian countries, I would
> prefer to keep this country-independent.
>
> Lukas Sommer
>
> 2014-09-29 21:37 GMT+00:00 Никита <acroq3 at gmail.com>:
>
>> > Thailand has official signs naming the junctions/intersections. These
>> names are also used when you give directions.
>> As Imagic suggested, it not best way to use different tags for close
>> meanings, single tag will be better option:
>> junction=th:junction_area
>> junction=jp:junction_area
>> junction=kr:junction_area
>> ​
>> This will allow both simple processing and custom rendering for each case.
>>
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Dave Swarthout
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