Talk:Key:direction north

Tagging of the destination nodes in a node network (esp. Germany)

In Germany (see example in the wiki page) the node destinations are not listed with the other destinations but together with the route signposting which lead to discussions whether to map them in the :route namespace or in the destination_xxx-tag. (https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/reprasentation-des-aktuellen-offiziellen-deutschen-radverkehrsnetzes-nach-den-vorgaben-der-fgsv-in-osm/4805/185)

This tagging would have the advantage that it's more intuitive to reproduce the visual aspect of a guidepost by the mapped tags and apparently easier to map for some mappers.

If you put the node number in brackets "(40)" it should be clearly distinguishable from routes that are named by numbers (never seen a route name consisting of a number in brackets - plain numbers are quite usual).

There have also been misunderstandings that led to the imagination that destinations of a node network should be mapped in the :ref namespace. I would like to change the wiki to clarify that only the content of a ref-tag of a route relation should be inserted.

This applies only to node networks that are implemented as a part of a basic network. In my opinion for mapping node networks like in the Netherlands - which is also used in some parts of Germany too, where there may be no other destinations than the numbers on the guideposts, the :route and namespace shouldn't be used at all. --Segubi (talk) 09:06, 4 October 2025 (UTC)