[OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

[Martin Raifer]

place=junction?

That would emphasize that a named junction is commonly used as a "place"  
to indicate nearby locations. We already have place=farm, which is  
practically the same... just thinking aloud.


Am 13.02.2013, 15:37 Uhr, schrieb Kevin Peat <k at k3v.eu>:

> 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