[Tagging] Time is now: tag ALL traffic signs in OSM

Colin Smale colin.smale at xs4all.nl
Sun May 21 20:38:35 UTC 2017


On 2017-05-21 22:23, yo paseopor wrote:

> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 9:47 PM, Tobias Knerr <osm at tobias-knerr.de> wrote:
> 
>> I also find it useful to know the exact traffic sign combinations that
>> the other tags are derived from, as ambiguities in tagging can cause
>> that information to be muddled (e.g. the path/designated/official
>> issue). If it's only about that use case, though, I tend to use the
>> traffic_sign tag on ways, rather than separate nodes.
> 
> to get the direction for the node I put the node in the way. The way has a direction. I specify the position of the node relative to the way (forward/backward). Also I specify the side with this tag side=right/left/both

What use cases do *you* have in mind, Yo? 

Which types of signs do you tag in this way? How would you tag a sign
which, for example, only applies to trucks in the left hand lane of a
single-carriageway 4-lane two-way road? 

//colin
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