[Talk-ca] Exit with name on node *and* destination

Martijn van Exel m at rtijn.org
Mon Nov 5 20:28:11 UTC 2018


Right, I also thought that was the (only) appropriate use for the name tag on junction nodes. 
What may be misleading is that the names on Junction nodes are rendered on the map, which may encourage people to use the destination as the junction name..

Martijn

> On Nov 5, 2018, at 12:59 PM, Jarek Piórkowski <jarek at piorkowski.ca> wrote:
> 
> I have seen this used in Germany for "junction names", e.g.
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/30249931 is one of the exits making
> up "Frankfurter Kreuz" which is the major interchange near Frankfurt
> and has its own (quite extensive) Wikipedia page:
> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurter_Kreuz
> 
> I don't know if naming interchanges is common in Quebec. The nearest
> thing to named interchanges I can think of off the top of my head in
> Ontario is the Basketweave on the 401. This example might be a bit of
> tagging for the renderer to get the exit name to show up on the
> default OSM.org layer.
> 
> --Jarek
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 14:47, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I just came across this
>> 
>> https://www.evernote.com/l/AVCmW6jzawZAoqDxpQTxFydcW-0mCP1Lyqw
>> 
>> The exit _link[0] has destination tagging that reflects what is on the exit sign[1], which is correct.
>> But the junction node[2] also has the same destination name in its name tag. Is there some special tagging case that I am missing or should the name tag be removed in this case?
>> 
>> Martijn
>> 
>> [0] https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/39158262#map=16/45.1090/-73.4694
>> [1] http://openstreetcam.com/details/1153269/386/edit-osm
>> [2] https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/147228435#map=16/45.1090/-73.4667
>> 
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