On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Tobias Knerr <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 21.05.2017 22:23, yo paseopor wrote: > > As you can see in http://imgur.com/gallery/SgE90 with Kendzi3D JOSM > > plugin you can locate the traffic signs belonging to a way. > > Of course it's always possible to guess a place next to the road, but > even with your proposed side=* tagging, that's not nearly as good as > being able to map the actual location. > I'm also a proponent of "actual location" for the sign nodes. Especially since signs can be spotted by the shadows and therefore can be used as an aid to determining map alignment. > Also consider that not all signs clearly belong to a single road, for > example [1]. Plus there are traffic signs which are not next to a way at > all, but e.g. on a pedestrian square or a parking space, which can only > be mapped using separate nodes. > Oddly enough, I have an example of this in my neighborhood. I took a picture of it because it looks like it's telling the cycleway to wait for green light, not the turnpike coins-only onramp. Also, surprisingly in good shape and unfaded for a button-copy era sign. http://i.imgur.com/YrzWp5u.jpg http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=36.02489&mlon=-95.92179#map=19/36.02489/-95.92179
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