[talk-au] People's views on naming on and off ramps.

[Warin]

On 28/2/22 13:40, Andrew Harvey wrote:
> Something like "Mickleham Road Offramp" sounds like a description to 
> me rather than a name. Unless the ramp has a special name just for the 
> ramp that is different to either road, then I think we should leave 
> off the name, and as you suggest use the existing destination tag 
> and/or destination_sign relation. We have 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dmotorway_junction to 
> indicate any exit number. I've never seen "X Road Offramp" actually 
> signposted, is usually just a destination sign.
>
+1

Edit the name=* tag to description=* as a first move?


> On Mon, 28 Feb 2022 at 12:15, Andrew Davidson <theswavu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     It appears that people like to make up names for on and off ramps. By
>     made up I mean the "names" don't appear on other maps nor are they
>     signed. Normally I just don't pay attention to them but we have a
>     note:
>
>     https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3064262
>
>     asking what "name" should be on an off-ramp and I don't know what the
>     answer is.
>
>     Do people have a view on how these should be mapped? Are they
>     something
>     we should be using the destination tagging for rather than using
>     names?
>     Could we come up with some words to go in the guidelines?
>
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