[OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

[Paul Johnson]

I'm starting to wonder if something could be adapted from the cycleway node
style network tagging.
On Feb 13, 2013 8:41 AM, "Joseph Reeves" <iknowjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:

> The thing with the UK is that you get places named after junctions -
> Church Cross, or whatever. That may well be a locality, but it's not the
> same as naming the junction. That seems to be the difference with these
> Japan / Korea examples.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On 13 February 2013 14:37, Kevin Peat <k at k3v.eu> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 13 Feb 2013 14:20, "Martin Koppenhoefer" <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
>> wrote
>>
>> > +1, place=locality is generally a generic placeholder, which
>> > should/could be substituted by the time we dig deeper into toponyms
>> > and develop more specific classes...
>>
>> Well a place is just a named geographical location and I believe this tag
>> combination is in common usage for named junctions [it certainly is in my
>> part of GB where almost every crossroads is named] which as usual with OSM
>> trumps all those people trying to create their idealised tagging schemes.
>>
>> Be sure to let everyone know when you have developed your "classes" ;]
>>
>> Kevin
>>
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