[Talk-us] National Forest signs

[Jeffrey Ollie]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Alan Mintz
<Alan_Mintz+OSM at earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 2010-03-03 15:35, Paul Johnson wrote:
>>Alan Mintz wrote:
>>
>> > How should one tag the name signs at the entrance to a national forest
>> > (e.g.
>> >
>> http://sites.google.com/site/am909geo/osm-1/DSCS5938_small.jpg?attredirects=0&d=1
>>
>> > )?
>> >
>> > boundary=national_park is an error according to JOSM rendering rules.
>> > landuse=forest renders and icon in JOSM, but I thought landuse=* was
>> > generally for areas?
>>
>>Unless there's something special about them, I'd mark the
>>boundaries, not the signs.
>
> Agreed. My purpose in tagging signs, in general, is to provide data points
> for a future audit of existing, or creation of new boundaries. At some
> point after this, the signs could be removed, much like speed limit, weight
> limit, truck route, bike route, etc. signs.

I'd recommend tourism=information for the signs.

-- 
Jeff Ollie