[Tagging] Tagging village sign

John F. Eldredge john at jfeldredge.com
Mon May 11 21:01:36 UTC 2015


In the USA, such signs are more commonly at or near the edge of the community, so that you see what community you are entering, rather than at its center. Also, while some communities have a public square, not all do so.


On May 8, 2015 4:50:37 AM CDT, "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.
>
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