[Tagging] Title of maps (information=map)

Raphael dafadllyn at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 20:00:56 UTC 2021


On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 22:17, Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> In my experience 'names' that appear on signs, including map boards, are usually the names of other things.  In the case of a map board, it is usually the name of the park, the trail head, or perhaps a trail.  In those cases the park, trailhead, or trail should be tagged with the 'name' that appears on the map board.

Do you think that the map can or shouldn't be given a `name` tag
repeating the name of the park, town, trail etc.?

On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 22:17, Mike Thompson <miketho16 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 2:22 PM Raphael <dafadllyn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 31 Oct 2021 at 19:27, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging
>> <tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
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>> > See also
>> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2021-January/thread.html#59086
>> > "Is information board title also its name?" linked from
>> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:information%3Dboard
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>> Thanks for the link! Hopefully more people answer this time. Only
>> three opinions (two in favour of `name` for board titles and one
>> against) aren't representative.
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> In my experience 'names' that appear on signs, including map boards, are usually the names of other things.  In the case of a map board, it is usually the name of the park, the trail head, or perhaps a trail.  In those cases the park, trailhead, or trail should be tagged with the 'name' that appears on the map board.  Sometimes map boards will have a "property tag" that the land manager uses to manage the property. This number could be put in the ref tag, although I am not sure it is that important.  If the 'name' really applies specifically to the map, perhaps use title=* or title:map=*?, the latter because the title probably applies specifically to the map and not the entire board, which may contain other information, such as park regulations.
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> Mike
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