[Tagging] Tagging village sign

[althio]

Please have a look at:
man_made=village_sign
+ http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:inscription

- althio

On 8 May 2015 at 11:50, Robert Whittaker (OSM lists)
<robert.whittaker+osm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7 May 2015 at 23:11, pmailkeey . <pmailkeey at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Tips on tagging a village sign please.
>>
>> Village sign: an ornate sign located fairly central to the village - such as
>> on the village green.
>
> There are lots of these signs near where I live. See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_sign for examples.
>
> I've always used man_made=village_sign to tag them -- which seems to
> have a number of uses according to
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=village+sign#values
> (although a good proportional of them are probably down to me).
>
> The village name shown on the sign should also be recorded, and for
> that I've used name=*. I know that perhaps doesn't quite fit with the
> usual use of name=*, as here it's the name being shown, rather than
> the name of the sign, but I thought it was close enough. But if anyone
> has any better suggestions there...
>
> Robert.
>
> --
> Robert Whittaker
>
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