On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Andrew MacKinnon<andrew...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a proposal for a generic way of tagging a node which > represents an object which faces a certain way - e.g. a traffic sign > such as a stop sign. Note this is not a specific proposal on how to > tag signs of a certain type, only a generic relation which can be used > for all objects of this type. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations/Proposed/Directional_node
Good effort, nice picture, and good to see it's generic :) But I don't like the stop sign example. I think the direction of the sign would be better described by the direction of the way, in this case. For the artwork and bench examples, I guess this is ok. But like John said, adding an extra node that is otherwise meaningless should be avoided if possible. I think members of relations should be meaningful elements in their own right, not just used to tag a single existing element in a complex way. The alternative to all of this is adding a tag which gives the direction in the form of a bearing, as in north/south/east/west. You may want to talk to davidsv who is drafting this: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/direction _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk