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.
>>>>>
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