[Talk-us] exit_to vs destination

[Martijn van Exel]

Following the examples on the wiki, I think it should be fine to tag
destination=Holt Rd on the motorway_link in this case:
http://www.aaroads.com/midwest/indiana070/i-070_eb_exit_077_04.jpg -
for example. Or am I getting that all wrong? The confusion arises
partly from the strange terminology used on the wiki page like
'uplinks' and 'downlinks' - I don't understand what those are.



On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Chris Lawrence <lordsutch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Martijn van Exel
> <martijn at openstreetmap.us> wrote:
>> Looking at the wiki for destination=, particularly the examples here
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination#Examples - it would
>> be interesting to add control cities to the main motorway ways - has
>> anyone already done this? I found a copy of the AASHTO list of control
>> cities by Interstate here
>> http://www.modot.org/business/manuals/Sign_Manual/APPENDIX%20B.pdf -
>> not sure if it's the most recent.
>
> I've done it occasionally when I've been editing link roads/ramps
> (also adding destination:ref), but I haven't gone through and done it
> systematically on the through ways themselves. It's probably something
> that could be fairly automated (adding it to both the link roads and
> mainlanes). However, there are discrepancies between the AASHTO list
> and what's signed in the field, particularly at rural/suburban ramps
> (for example, the I-75 south ramps in Valdosta, Ga. are sometimes
> signed for "Lake Park," which is a tiny town on the Ga-Fl border,
> rather than Lake City or Tampa (or Ocala, which is almost never used
> southbound on I-75 but is used northbound on both the Turnpike and
> I-75) in Florida.
>
> I've used destination on ramps where they go to signed routes, but I'm
> not sure it's appropriate for "destinations" like street names; the
> latter probably should be destination:name or something like that,
> based on the destination:ref precedent.
>
>
> Chris



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