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

[Tobias Knerr]

On 21.05.2017 22:23, yo paseopor wrote:
> As you can see in http://imgur.com/gallery/SgE90 with Kendzi3D JOSM
> plugin you can locate the traffic signs belonging to a way.

Of course it's always possible to guess a place next to the road, but
even with your proposed side=* tagging, that's not nearly as good as
being able to map the actual location.

Also consider that not all signs clearly belong to a single road, for
example [1]. Plus there are traffic signs which are not next to a way at
all, but e.g. on a pedestrian square or a parking space, which can only
be mapped using separate nodes.

Likewise, the direction key in your proposal is currently limited to
forward and backward. However, there are also signs facing sideways as
in [2], or at an arbitrary angle.

Using a separate traffic_sign node together with the direction=<angle>
tagging (that has already been approved, by the way!) works in all these
cases.

Happy mapping!
Tobias


[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autobahn-831-stuttgart-vaihingen-cc-by.jpg
[2]
https://www.rnz.de/cms_media/module_img/352/176335_1_articleopengraph_image_4a0920a3573dbe2367242788551364d2.jpg