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In my explorations of a local state park, I've encountered an unusual spot. It's a point where five trails come together, with a map, a few logs used as benches, an outhouse that's somewhat worse for the wear, and a sign proclaiming the location to be "Saddle Junction".

Adding the outhouse and the map to OSM is straightforward, and the logs don't seem permanent enough to be worth mapping. But how can I record the fact that the junction itself has a name?

asked 13 Jun '16, 06:46

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Tag the node where they join with junction=yes and name=Saddle Junction, the map could be tagged with tourist=information and information=map

Cheers, Dave

answered 13 Jun '16, 07:58

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That sounds like a place=locality to me - somewhere that is referred to by a name, but isn't a "place" where someone lives, and isn't some other sort of feature.

answered 19 Jun '16, 16:50

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