Key:traffic_sign:direction
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 traffic_sign:direction
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The direction affected by a traffic_sign relative to the highway way (equivalent to direction). 
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| Group: highways |
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| Status: in use |
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The key traffic_sign:direction=* indicates the direction affected by a traffic_sign=* relative to the highway=* way. It is used when traffic_sign=* is a node on the highway=* way. Possible values are forward and backward:
| Value | Meaning |
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| forward | The traffic sign affects vehicles travelling in the same direction as the direction of the highway=* way. |
| backward | The traffic sign affects vehicles travelling in the opposite direction as the direction of the highway=* way. |
The key traffic_sign:direction=* has been introduced[1][2] by the iD editor in September 2018 (and released[3] in December 2018 by v2.12), because the editor couldn't handle the keys traffic_sign:forward=* and traffic_sign:backward=*, which were already in use. Key direction=*, which was also already in use, wasn't used instead as Key:traffic_sign wiki page was making misleading claims about it and advised against using it[4].
References
- ↑ Bryan Housel: [Tagging] Traffic sign direction tagging... OSM Tagging mailing list, 2018-09-28 online
- ↑ quincylvania: Adds presets for Traffic Sign, Speed Limit Sign, and City Limit Sign #5333. GitHub, 2018-09-28 online
- ↑ https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#2120
- ↑ https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/pull/5333#issuecomment-425216411 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Key:traffic_sign&oldid=1624183#On_nodes https://github.com/openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema/issues/2551#issuecomment-4997066208