[Talk-us] Tagging "next exit" services

Dale Puch dale.puch at gmail.com
Thu Nov 12 10:03:35 GMT 2009


Personally I do not think the signs should be put in OSM, just the actual
POI's are tagged.

There may be reasons to put in signs, I just do not think this is one of
them.

Dale

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Chris Hunter <chunter952 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tag the first node of the offramp as highway=motorway_junction.  As far as
> the sign itself goes, there's a proposed relationship for signs in the UK
> and EU at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:destination_signthat may be of some help.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at earthlink.net<Alan_Mintz%2BOSM at earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
>
>> Along freeways, particular interstates with long distances between exits,
>> there are usually signs that indicate what types of services (food, fuel,
>> lodging, etc.) are available at the next exit. How should one tag these,
>> assuming that one cannot determine the exact position of those services
>> off
>> the freeway?
>>
>> A good example is electric vehicle recharging or fuel stations that supply
>> CNG or other unusual fuels - it is not possible to see, only from
>> satellite
>> imagery, which specific building was being referred to by the sign on the
>> freeway.
>>
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>>
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