[OSM-newbies] Highway junctions with a name: tagging and rendering

[Benjamin Van der Auwera]

Hi All, I'm mapping in Sri Lanka, and a lot of small places are named according to their main road junction. They can be populated or not, and have no administrative recognition or value. They are however used in everyday life for directions and for postal addresses. So far, I've tagged them as (e.g.) highway=junction name=Beligaha Junction (that's actually the name of the tree that used to be there a few decades ago...) is_in=Galle, Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka However, the name of the junction is not rendered by Mapnik nor Osmarender so far. As these are crucial information, when asking for directions for example, I would like to find a way for them to appear on the map. Different tags I could use are "place=locality" on a POI a few meters from the junction (these places might be populated (often within cities or town) or not) "place=hamlet" on a POI a few meters from the junction (but as I said some places are unpopulated, 2 houses at the crossroad of 2 primary highways..., and no administrative value) ...? What are your suggestions? Benjamin Van der Auwera

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