[Tagging] How to tag a point-of-interest sign

[Volker Schmidt]

Thanks, Brad. It is a pass, as there are two identical signs in opposite
directions, 175 meters apart. The pass may have a name, after all, which is
on another sign. Anyway I will check with a local person.
The signs in question can be considered as geographical information boards.

On Fri, 30 Dec 2022, 03:05 brad, <bradhaack at fastmail.com> wrote:

> I think you should check your data.   Looking at USGS topo, that point
> does look very close to the continental divide.
> Usually, but I suppose not always,  when you go over the divide you are
> going over a pass.  This one seems to be fairly flat so perhaps never got
> named.
> I don't use mapillary, but according to the USGS topo loaded into
> qmapshack the divide crosses that road at
> N35.005307° W108.081164°
>
> I have seen a similar sign in NM that wasn't on the divide & I assumed it
> was a joke put up by a local prankster, but this one seems right.
>
> On 12/29/22 11:52, Volker Schmidt wrote:
>
> I have now checked on Gmaps: that sign is not on the continental divide,
> but it is announcing the continental divide. About 175m further there is an
> identical sign on the other side of the road, and facing the opposite
> direction. Hence there is a pass, but the highest point itself is not
> marked. I have added a mountain pass in the middle between the signs with a
> provisional name, which I will have checked by a local, whom I happen to
> know.
> .The "Continental Divide" is not a pass, but a watershed that is several
> thousand km long.
>
> Il giorno gio 29 dic 2022 alle ore 16:40 Joseph Eisenberg <
> joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
>> This example should also be mapped as a pass, with a node tagged
>> mountain_pass=yes on the highway, with the elevation
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 2:26 PM Volker Schmidt <voschix at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to tag signs that do refer to Points of Interest like this
>>> example <https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=192002416097005>
>>>
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