[Talk-us] exit_to vs destination

[Martijn van Exel]

Hi all,

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:exit_to
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination

While motorway_junction= + exit_to= is much more common here in the US
than destination= for freeway exit tagging, we seem to be the
exception globally. Before we embark on adding exit information (as
mentioned in my earlier note) I want to make sure that exit_to is
still the preferred way of exit information tagging for the US.

Personally I dislike exit_to for its limitations (how to tag
lane-specific destination information?) and poor documentation, but it
is much easier to tag and BY FAR the more popular way to tag this type
of information. But given the previous lengthy discussion threads, I
didn't want to just make the call.

I don't want to rehash points already made in previous threads, most
of which are summarized here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:exit_to but I am open to
new insights!

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Martijn van Exel
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