[OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2013/2/14 Jean-Marc Liotier <jm at liotier.org>:
> On 02/13/2013 08:03 PM, Paul Norman wrote:
>> How would it work when the intersection also has traffic lights? I
>> know that there will always be some cases where there are tag key
>> collisions but it seems that they will be *very* common in this case
>> between highway=junction and highway=traffic_signals
>
> That is one more argument in favour of tagging traffic signals at the
> position of each traffic signal's stop line instead of abstracting their
> existence into on single tag at the junction.
>
> So let's make good use of the perfectly good highway=junction and let's
> put highway=traffic_signals where they belong !


sorry, I think I missed the argument why highway=junction is better
than the established junction=* ? Please keep in mind that the only
established value for highway seems to be motorway_junction, while
highway=junction is currently used a poor 123 times.

cheers,
Martin