[Talk-GB] Village sign tagging schema

[Paul Berry]

I should add that the tag I suggested doesn't render on any of the six main
layers, although that shouldn't be a reason for either adopting it or
ignoring it.

Regards,
*Paul*

On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 at 13:19, Paul Berry <pmberry2007 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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