[OSM-talk] Crossroad names

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2013/3/26 Hans Schmidt <z0idberg at gmx.de>:
> Am 26.03.2013 11:30, schrieb Vladimir Vyskocil:
>> But how to deal with complex crossroads where there's not a single point of junction, but many (oneway or not) lanes crossing at different points ?
>> A relation with type=junction referencing all the crossing points and carrying the name of the whole crossroad ?
>
> I’m not sure, but maybe for that an isolated node would be possible,
> which is just placed in the middle? But maybe this poses problems for
> navigation.


You could also have an area instead of the node or the relation.

IMHO a tagging like highway=traffic_signals name=foo doesn't make much
sense, as it seems to describe the name of the traffic lights. There
should better be modeled a junction (junction!=no, name=*)

cheers,
Martin