Oh, and, BTW, by doing that the neighbourood will not suddenly disappear if they ever take down the gantry... :-)
On 2018-11-30 21:21, Sergio Manzi wrote: > > I understand what you mean (/and it reminds me of my first arrival in India, > to the neighbourood of Pahrganj in New Delhi!/), but I still think > place=neighbourood on the way identifing the gantry is wrong. Please let me > explain why. > > A neighbourood occupy an "area", so you should either define that area with a > polygon, or, if you don't have the information/time to do that, you should > put a node "close to that area". > > I think that in your case you could define the gantry as I suggested (/or in > a similar way/) and then add a node with place=neighbourood very close to the > gantry. For routing you'll have the same (/positive/) effects. > > It also seems that the wiki have the same idea: place=neighbourood should not > be used on ways. Please check that on > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aplace%3Dneighbourhood > > Cheers! > > Sergio > > > On 2018-11-30 19:19, Tod Fitch wrote: >> One of the listed values of the place tag is “neighbourhood”. And, in the >> one case where I mapped such a overhead sign, it was the entrance to a >> neighborhood. It was, in fact, the location you’d be taken to by the >> motor-rickshaw from the metro station when you gave your destination and was >> part of the address I was given to reach the residence in question. >> >> But that was in another country than I live in. In my own country, it is >> much more likely that a development would have a sign to the side of a main >> way in. Mostly there for advertising. Nobody, or at least almost nobody, >> would ever use it to give directions or use it as a destination itself. >> >> So I guess the use of a place=neighbourhood tag might be dependent on the >> local situation. Is this the landmark the locals use for giving directions? >> If so, then place=neighbourhood is more likely to be usable by a routing >> engine than usage=welcome_sign. >> >> Cheers! >> >>> On Nov 30, 2018, at 9:18 AM, Sergio Manzi <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> No, wait, I disagree with the "place=neighbourhood" thing! >>> >>> See: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Places and >>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:place >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> On 2018-11-30 18:10, Sergio Manzi wrote: >>>> >>>> Seems very good to me. >>>> >>>> * already used: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/man_made=gantry >>>> * proposal exist: >>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Gantry >>>> >>>> In the proposal I don't like very much the way to indicate clearence, >>>> maxheight:physical=* (/what? opposed to... maxheight:virtual=*, maybe?/), >>>> but that's another story... >>>> >>>> I think you found the right key, bravo! >>>> >>>> Sergio >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2018-11-30 17:53, Tod Fitch wrote: >>>>> I’ve mapped by placing a way across the road tagged with: >>>>> >>>>> man_made=gantry >>>>> name=“whatever” >>>>> place=neighbourhood >>>>> >>>>> I suppose one could add some sort of tagging indicating the vertical >>>>> clearance that might be of use for routing. >>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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