[Talk-GB] Village sign tagging schema

[Paul Berry]

Hi John,

Happy New Mapping Year!

It's a good question. I've used some or all of the following tags when
mapping such features:
direction=(eg 90)
material=(eg stone)
name=(of village)
traffic_sign=city_limit

Not sure if it's a consensus but traffic_sign=city_limit is the official
tag key-value pair that I think best fits the situation.

Regards,
*Paul*

On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 at 12:41, John Aldridge <jpsa at cantab.net> wrote:

> Village signs seem to be only patchily tagged, so I'm considering
> filling in a few round here. Before I do, though, I wanted to ask
> whether there was a consensus tagging schema (or whether we could agree
> one if not)...
>
>
> I've found quite a few tagged with
>     man_made=village_sign
> though this value is not listed in
>      https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:man%20made?uselang=en
>
> Many have
>     name=*
> which seems reasonable, though I do slightly worry that it might end up
> with villages being labelled on the map with their name several times!
>
> Some also have
>     tourism=artwork
> though perhaps this is a bodge to get something to render on the default
> map? See e.g. https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6341816268
>
> There are also a selection of other tags
>     colour=*
>     material=* (typically "wood" or "metal")
>     description=*
> and probably others, I haven't done an exhaustive search.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> John
>
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