Duane/Harald,

At Telenav we have been ‘signposting’ (adding destination tagging) for the last 
6+ months. Using Martijn’s post as a template, we have used the exact syntax 
Harald shows in the example.

I am reading with great interest the post at: 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Exit_Info. Bifurcations with multiple exit 
numbers are complex (see US Examples: A/B Split Example). Adding the 
junction:ref on the WAY has merit.  I am still digesting the method and looking 
for other examples.

Regards,
Chris Zontine


From: Duane Gearhart [mailto:du...@mapzen.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 8:34 AM
To: Harald Kliems
Cc: talk-us@openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [Talk-us] Destination tagging


Harald,


I would like the community to improve the tagging of exit sign information in 
the US. I created a wiki page that has some of the proposed improvements for 
the categorization of the exit sign information.  
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Exit_Info

Tagging the exit sign information as suggested will improve the route narrative 
at these highway transition points


Martijn van Exel has also be advocating for better US exit sign tagging:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/22419


My suggestion for the off ramp would be:

destination:ref=I 39 South;I 90 East

destination=Janesville;Chicago


Regards,

Duane



On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Harald Kliems 
<kli...@gmail.com<mailto:kli...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I recently captured Mapillary imagery along I-90W between Madison and Wisconsin 
Dells with the aim of adding destination tags to exits. The example section of 
the documentation in the wiki [1] only has German signs, which is not that 
useful. I'm wondering how people handle the highway destinations commonly found 
on signs. For a somewhat complex example, take this sign:

http://mapillary.com/map/im/lE5ZLUjfn-gTLB51nnh9fg

(Not that for some reason the Mapillary has an offset for the location of the 
images; the actual location of the sign is about here:

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.10188&mlon=-89.28977#map=18/43.10188/-89.28977
 )

So for the left part of the highway I tagged
destination:lanes=I 39 North;I 90 West; I 94 West;Wisconsin Dells|I 94 
East;Milwaukee

For the off-ramp: destination=I 39 South;I 90 East;Janesville;Chicago

Questions:
- the wiki page seems to imply that the various interstate references shouldn't 
go into the destination tag. That seems wrong to me, as I'd expect a router to 
include them ("Take the exit towards I 39 South, ...") and don't see where else 
they would reasonably go. The wiki (first example) says "Additionally it is 
possible to set ref=A 2 on the highway=motorway." -- not sure what that means.
- The ever-recurring abbreviation question: Do I write out "Interstate" or not? 
Abbreviate north/south...? I have the suspicion in some cases that would lead 
to exceeding the 255 char limit. If using an abbreviation, we don't use a dash 
between I and the number, and a blank between the number and direction, right?

Thanks for your input. In case there is consensus (one can dream!), I'm happy 
to update the wiki with some more US-specific examples.

 Harald.

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