CC'ing in [Talk-ca] since they (at least in Ontario) don't even use the exit_to or destination tags and put everything in the 'name' tag on 'motorway_junction's. Thinking it would be a good time to see if we can get them on the same page as well as in the US for this.
Also check out the following pages: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/22419 & https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/23369 -James > From: marti...@telenav.com > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:58:37 -0600 > To: talk...@openstreetmap.org > Subject: [Talk-us] exit_to vs destination > > Hi all, > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:exit_to > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:destination > > While motorway_junction= + exit_to= is much more common here in the US > than destination= for freeway exit tagging, we seem to be the > exception globally. Before we embark on adding exit information (as > mentioned in my earlier note) I want to make sure that exit_to is > still the preferred way of exit information tagging for the US. > > Personally I dislike exit_to for its limitations (how to tag > lane-specific destination information?) and poor documentation, but it > is much easier to tag and BY FAR the more popular way to tag this type > of information. But given the previous lengthy discussion threads, I > didn't want to just make the call. > > I don't want to rehash points already made in previous threads, most > of which are summarized here: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Key:exit_to but I am open to > new insights! > > -- > Martijn van Exel > OSM data specialist > Telenav > http://www.osm.org/user/mvexel > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Mvexel > http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?mvexel > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > talk...@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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