But your example is different. You put the function into the name field. For me the role of an object tagged information=guidepost is exactly that, a guidepost. I am sure I am missing something, otherwise it would not have 50k uses. I admit to being Overpass-ignorant. Can someone help me find examples, where a guidepost in a route relation has a role that is neither <empty> nor "guidepost.
On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 11:09 [email protected], <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13/04/2019 09:52, Volker Schmidt wrote: > > I have only now detected this (optional?) role value in route relations. > > What's the purpose of this? > > Or put in other words: I have a node tagged with > > "information=guidepost". What is the difference between inserting it > > in a route relation with or without "role=guidepost" > > > Without a role you have no idea how a guidepost or route_marker relates > to the route as a whole. Does it tell you how to go to the next bit? > Is it the start or the finish? Is it something else? Also, it's > possible for one guidepost or route_marker to have different roles > within different routes. > > Here's one locally that I've tried to annotate with roles: > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6563955 > > (see https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=marker#roles for the > usage of those tags, or lack of them). > > I suspect that "role=guidepost" is someone doing the same thing, but > only for guideposts. > > Best Regards, > > Andy > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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