Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-23 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/2/23 Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com: I agree that there is a need for this, and I am happy with the simplicity of using junction=yes and name=*. If you don't submit a trac request, I will, but the link to trac is not working for me:

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-23 Thread John F. Eldredge
Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/2/23 Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com: I agree that there is a need for this, and I am happy with the simplicity of using junction=yes and name=*. If you don't submit a trac request, I will, but the link to trac is not working

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-23 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/2/23 John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com: When would junction=no be used? When one way passes over another on a viaduct without actually connecting? yes, I also never used junction=no, this was a just in case-idea, practically you can also read it as junction=*. cheers, Martin

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-22 Thread Hans Schmidt
Hello, I just wondered if there is something productive in the making concerning the crossroad names, or did it somehow end without anything? How can I participate? Thanks. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-22 Thread Andrew Errington
On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:54:16 Hans Schmidt wrote: Hello, I just wondered if there is something productive in the making concerning the crossroad names, or did it somehow end without anything? How can I participate? Thanks. ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-15 Thread Janko Mihelić
2013/2/15 Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com So, what I want is for Mapnik to render a label at a node if the there is a junction=yes tag (and name=* tag) present. This has been stated in the wiki for a long time. Or better, if there is a junction=* and name=*. Except when junction=no.

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-15 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 15.02.2013 00:24, schrieb Andrew Errington: junction=crossroads would be fine, but it doesn't add any information. -1 Following the general approach to handle *=yes as kind of a fallback for cases where more detailled information is missing junction=crossroads in fact would add

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-15 Thread Pieren
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Janko Mihelić jan...@gmail.com wrote: Or better, if there is a junction=* and name=*. Except when junction=no. +1 Like the dozen building or bridge values. The wiki says junction=yes which is the easiest. Pieren ___

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-15 Thread Hans Schmidt
Am 15.02.2013 09:28, schrieb Janko Mihelić: What about when a junction is a roundabout? Should that be rendered the Japanese way (a box with letters in the middle of the roundabout) or the European way (words going along the street)? Or are we going to have different rendering in different

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Floris Looijesteijn
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.comwrote: I don't think that's an appropriate way to name it. It's not a locality, nor is it really a place. It's a junction, with a name. I think junction=yes and name=* is the best way to record it, the next step would

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/2/14 Floris Looijesteijn o...@floris.nu: On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think that's an appropriate way to name it. It's not a locality, nor is it really a place. It's a junction, with a name. I think junction=yes and name=* is

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Vladimir Vyskocil
Where would you place this node if it is a more complex crossing? Like a crossing of 2 roads with dual carriage ways? I just saw one such case in Tokyo yesterday : http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/254367454 Here the two nodes with traffic_signals tags carry the name (I suppose

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:46:45 Floris Looijesteijn wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.comwrote: I don't think that's an appropriate way to name it. It's not a locality, nor is it really a place. It's a junction, with a name. I think junction=yes

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Maarten Deen
On 2013-02-14 11:59, Andrew Errington wrote: In Korea we also have named junctions at overpasses, so the junction name is where the two roads cross (or meet) but they physically don't join because one road is on a bridge over the other, and there are sliproads to move between them. In the

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 02/13/2013 08:03 PM, Paul Norman wrote: How would it work when the intersection also has traffic lights? I know that there will always be some cases where there are tag key collisions but it seems that they will be *very* common in this case between highway=junction and

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Andrew Errington
On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:08:11 Maarten Deen wrote: On 2013-02-14 11:59, Andrew Errington wrote: In Korea we also have named junctions at overpasses, so the junction name is where the two roads cross (or meet) but they physically don't join because one road is on a bridge over the other,

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/2/14 Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org: On 02/13/2013 08:03 PM, Paul Norman wrote: How would it work when the intersection also has traffic lights? I know that there will always be some cases where there are tag key collisions but it seems that they will be *very* common in this case

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 02/14/2013 12:53 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2013/2/14 Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org: On 02/13/2013 08:03 PM, Paul Norman wrote: How would it work when the intersection also has traffic lights? I know that there will always be some cases where there are tag key collisions but it

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Toby Murray
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/2/14 Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org: though I consider the everything=yes trend as namespace pollution. So : - junction=* if there is enough diversity to justify that namespace - highway=junction if

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Jean-Marc Liotier
On 02/14/2013 05:12 PM, Toby Murray wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/2/14 Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org: though I consider the everything=yes trend as namespace pollution. So : - junction=* if there is enough diversity to

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-14 Thread Andrew Errington
On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 02:23:08 Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: On 02/14/2013 05:12 PM, Toby Murray wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/2/14 Jean-Marc Liotier j...@liotier.org: though I consider the everything=yes trend as namespace

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Andrew Errington
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:57:56 Hans Schmidt wrote: Hello, Is there some way to display the names of crossroads on the OSM map? This adress scheme is more important than street names in Japan, but currently, OSM does not display it. In consequence, it is very hard to locate something on the OSM

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Clifford Snow
Can help me better understand the naming of junctions. Do junction names have a direction attribute? How are they used to give directions with no street names? On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 5:22 AM, Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:57:56 Hans Schmidt wrote:

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Hans Schmidt
Am 13.02.2013 14:22, schrieb Andrew Errington: I would also like this, for Korea. Obviously it's a rendering issue, but it would be nice if the map on osm.org would have this. I tried adding a junction=yes tag to a named junction as described in the wiki[1], but it would not render a label for

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Hans Schmidt
Am 13.02.2013 14:34, schrieb Clifford Snow: Can help me better understand the naming of junctions. Do junction names have a direction attribute? How are they used to give directions with no street names? Take a look at this Google maps example from some small suburb of Tokyo:

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Andrew Errington
Hi there, My experience in Japan is that the junctions are named, but not oriented. You give directions by saying 'go down this street and turn left at NAME junction'. Or 'take the third right after NAME junction'. Or if you are looking at a map, some junction names are shown, which makes

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Kevin Peat
On 13 Feb 2013 12:59, Hans Schmidt z0idb...@gmx.de wrote: Hello, Is there some way to display the names of crossroads on the OSM map? place=locality Kevin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Andrew Errington
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:56:40 Kevin Peat wrote: On 13 Feb 2013 12:59, Hans Schmidt z0idb...@gmx.de wrote: Hello, Is there some way to display the names of crossroads on the OSM map? place=locality Kevin I don't think that's an appropriate way to name it. It's not a locality, nor is it

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Joseph Reeves
place=locality Looks like tagging for the renderer to me, although I am not a resident of Japan or Korea. As it is the rendering that is not working as expected, a better resolution would be to change the renderer so that it displayed junction names. Joseph On 13 February 2013 13:56, Kevin

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Andrew Errington
On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:44:07 Hans Schmidt wrote: Am 13.02.2013 14:22, schrieb Andrew Errington: I would also like this, for Korea. Obviously it's a rendering issue, but it would be nice if the map on osm.org would have this. I tried adding a junction=yes tag to a named junction as

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Janko Mihelić
2013/2/13 Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com I don't think that's an appropriate way to name it. It's not a locality, nor is it really a place. It's a junction, with a name. I think junction=yes and name=* is the best way to record it, the next step would be to get it rendered. I

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/2/13 Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.com: On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:56:40 Kevin Peat wrote: On 13 Feb 2013 12:59, Hans Schmidt z0idb...@gmx.de wrote: Hello, Is there some way to display the names of crossroads on the OSM map? place=locality Kevin I don't think that's an

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/2/13 Joseph Reeves iknowjos...@gmail.com: place=locality Looks like tagging for the renderer to me, although I am not a resident of Japan or Korea. +1, place=locality is generally a generic placeholder, which should/could be substituted by the time we dig deeper into toponyms and develop

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Josh Doe
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Hans Schmidt z0idb...@gmx.de wrote: Yes. Generally I think that non-Western map styles are completely neglected in OSM, but I have no idea to change that. How can we get in touch with the people who define the rendering styles? Somehow it seems to me (from the

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Kevin Peat
On 13 Feb 2013 14:20, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote +1, place=locality is generally a generic placeholder, which should/could be substituted by the time we dig deeper into toponyms and develop more specific classes... Well a place is just a named geographical location and I

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Joseph Reeves
The thing with the UK is that you get places named after junctions - Church Cross, or whatever. That may well be a locality, but it's not the same as naming the junction. That seems to be the difference with these Japan / Korea examples. Joseph On 13 February 2013 14:37, Kevin Peat k...@k3v.eu

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread AJ Ashton
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.comwrote: I think junction=yes and name=* is the best way to record it, the next step would be to get it rendered. Let's not add to the everything=yes approach to tagging but go with an existing key - highway seems

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Paul Johnson
I'm starting to wonder if something could be adapted from the cycleway node style network tagging. On Feb 13, 2013 8:41 AM, Joseph Reeves iknowjos...@gmail.com wrote: The thing with the UK is that you get places named after junctions - Church Cross, or whatever. That may well be a locality, but

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread AJ Ashton
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:56 AM, AJ Ashton aj.ash...@gmail.com wrote: Let's not add to the everything=yes approach to tagging but go with an existing key - highway seems appropriate. In fact highway=junction seems to already be in use for this purpose with ~123 occurences. Or nevermind, I

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Martin Raifer
place=junction? That would emphasize that a named junction is commonly used as a place to indicate nearby locations. We already have place=farm, which is practically the same... just thinking aloud. Am 13.02.2013, 15:37 Uhr, schrieb Kevin Peat k...@k3v.eu: On 13 Feb 2013 14:20, Martin

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Stephan Knauss
Andrew Errington writes: I think junction=yes and name=* is the best way to record it, the next step would be to get it rendered. This is the way I also tag it in Thailand. junction=yes and name=*. Stephan ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Stephan Knauss
AJ Ashton writes: On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Andrew Errington erringt...@gmail.comwrote: Let's not add to the everything=yes approach to tagging but go with an existing key - highway seems appropriate. In fact highway=junction seems to already be in use for this purpose with ~123

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Craig Wallace
On 13/02/2013 15:03, AJ Ashton wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:56 AM, AJ Ashton aj.ash...@gmail.com mailto:aj.ash...@gmail.com wrote: Let's not add to the everything=yes approach to tagging but go with an existing key - highway seems appropriate. In fact highway=junction seems to

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/2/13 Kevin Peat k...@k3v.eu: Be sure to let everyone know when you have developed your classes ;] we won't have to do this all at once (like always in OSM). One class that there could be is: junction cheers, Martin ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Pieren
Named roundabouts is also ordinary : junction=roundabout + name=* So junction=yes + name=* looks a bit strange but it's by far better than a highway key on nodes and more consistent with other junctions tagging. Pieren ___ talk mailing list

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Peter Wendorff
Am 13.02.2013 14:44, schrieb Hans Schmidt: Concerning tagging: I don’t think that there should be some special tag. The node which intersects both roads should just get a name property. JOSM displays the name there, and I think this is how it should be displayed on osm.org, too. Agreed for

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Paul Norman
From: Peter Wendorff [mailto:wendo...@uni-paderborn.de] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:21 AM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads Am 13.02.2013 14:44, schrieb Hans Schmidt: Concerning tagging: I don’t think that there should be some

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Hans Schmidt
Am 13.02.2013 19:21, schrieb Peter Wendorff: Agreed for no special name tag, but please use highway=junction + name=whatever in combination instead of the name tag alone. Yes, in retrospect, this is really better. Am 13.02.2013 15:10, schrieb Janko Mihelić: How is it best rendered? With a

Re: [OSM-talk] Display names of crossroads

2013-02-13 Thread Rob Nickerson
Hi All, We also have many cross-road or T-junctions junctions in the United Kingdom that have names. Particularly in rural areas where early fingerpost signs still exist: Devon: I believe I am right in saying that the name on the column is the junction name. I seem to remember that I've been