If place=hamlet is wrong, I believe place=locality is often used as a generic tag for nodes indicating named locations. Not really a solution but a simple option.
Dan 2014-07-24 17:01 GMT+01:00 Lukas Sommer <sommer...@gmail.com>: > Yes, I know that junction=yes works fine for simple crossroads. My question > is: How should we map complex junctions like > http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2351057522#map=19/5.34399/-4.00300 Using > just an unconnected node like in this example (even after removing the wrong > place=hamlet tag) maybe is difficult for turn-to-turn navigation software. > So, how can we solve this? > > Lukas Sommer > > > 2014-07-24 15:29 GMT+00:00 Christian Quest <cqu...@openstreetmap.fr>: > >> Have you looked at http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key%3Ajunction >> >> "junction=yes can be useful for a simple junction node that has a name=* >> tag" >> >> I'm using that in the OSM-FR rendering... and even deal with >> traffic_signals icon shift to display both icon+name. ;) >> >> >> >> 2014-07-24 16:42 GMT+02:00 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> >>> 2014-07-24 15:24 GMT+02:00 Lukas Sommer <sommer...@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Current situation: >>>> We have the tags highway=traffic_signals (for traffic signals on road >>>> junctions or at straight roads – typical for Japan) and junction=yes (for >>>> road junctions with or without traffic signals – typical for Ivory Coast) >>>> in >>>> use at OSM. Both tags are almost exclusively used on nodes. They can be >>>> used >>>> together with name=*. This works quite well for simple crossroads (example: >>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Junction_yes_example_1.png) >>>> >>>> Shortcomings of the current situation: >>>> It isn’t defined how to tag more complex cases. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> maybe the junction key can be used more universally (with different >>> values), we are already using it also with junction=roundabout, only that it >>> could be disputed that junction=roundabout is covering the whole junctions >>> (the entries and exits you often have to a roundabout could be seen as part >>> of the junction for instance). More in-use values can be found here: >>> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/junction#values >>> Some of them maybe aren't junctions (what kind of junction is >>> "approach"?), others are diverging from our standard mantra (no >>> abbreviations), like "spui" or "ddi" and might merit retagging? >>> >>> cheers, >>> Martin >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Christian Quest - OpenStreetMap France >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging