[Tagging] destination:ref with direction?

Skyler Hawthorne osm at dead10ck.com
Wed Dec 16 15:49:17 UTC 2020


Right, this is what I was thinking as well, it makes a lot of sense to
have the direction that's on the sign post to aid with navigation. It
seems a dedicated wiki that documents current practices would be
helpful. Thank you!
On Wed, 2020-12-16 at 16:33 +0100, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> On 16.12.2020 14:19, Skyler Hawthorne wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020, at 05:44, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> > > What is written on the sign at this junction? If "North" is
> > > mentioned there I would behappy enough with the tagging above.
> > 
> > That is correct, the sign says "I 787 North". However the wiki page
> > for the destination:ref key states:
> >     The key destination:ref <
> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination:ref>=* should
> > be    used to specify the reference of the roads directly ahead as
> > indicated on signposts, road    markings or similar. The value of
> > this key should be equal to the value of the key ref    <
> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:ref>=* of these roads.
> > Note the last sentence. If the destination:ref must be the same as
> > the ref it is going to, then this would be I 787, or else all the
> > ways along the entire I 787 route should have their ref tags
> > changed to indicate direction as well.
> 
> Well, it says 'should', not 'must', thus in this case using
> destination:ref="I 787 North" is a refinement of just "I 787". Maybe
> an improvement for the phrase in the wiki would be"should be equal to
> or a further qualification of related to the value...".
> On 16.12.2020 15:41, Paul Johnson wrote: > Wouldn't it make more
> sense, and isn't it already more common, for destination tags to
> contain the > information on the destination signs, which /do/
> differentiate direction?
> Haven't analysed that, but if the destinations are signposted that
> way, it should be reflected inthe tagging.
>  > I feel like this is another example of "the wiki was written by
> someone with inadequate information."
> Both tagging and wiki develop, hopefully forward. In this case,
> Key:destination:ref redirectsonto an old 2012 proposal, I'm probably
> going to resolve that soon with describing the current practice.
>   tom
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Skyler
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