On Sun, 20 Jan 2019 at 11:05, Axelos <axe...@broman.fr> wrote: [footpath/bridleway fingerposts]
> > I have already seen this type of symbols, but never added in OpenStreetMap. > There's no defined tag for them (or I can't find it). Which makes adding them to OSM difficult. Always on destination=*, there is the alternative relation that offers ideas > (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:destination_sign#Tags and > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Destination_details#destination:symbol > ). > > Maybe to be inspired? > Sadly, neither of them work for footpaths/bridleways. Nor for the other problem I posed, that of fingerposts with multiple arms in different directions. The destination relation isn't a standalone, but has to be part of a route (if I understand the page correctly). The fingerposts with multiple arms I'm thinking of indicate that the library is in one direction, the swimming pool another and the tourist information centre another. They're not (necessarily) on a bus/cycle/hiking/walking route, they're just telling tourists the direction to certain POIs. If you have OSM you don't need the signs to find those POIs, but knowing the location of such a sign helps confirm your position when GPS isn't getting a lock. The icons for destination signs are interesting, but not really applicable. Because the walking man icon or horse icon on the fingerpost isn't a destination. The hospital icon shows "This way to the hospital." The walking man says "this is a footpath." Again, with OSM you already know it's a footpath, but the presence of the sign confirms your position or tells you that you should be looking for such a sign. Quite often there are two adjacent gets or two adjacent tracks and the presence of the sign tells you which one to use. It seems to me that it's useful to map these fingerposts but that we don't yet have a way of doing it. -- Paul
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