Key:traffic_sign:direction

traffic_sign:direction
Description
The direction affected by a traffic_sign relative to the highway way (equivalent to direction).
Group: highways
Used on these elements
Requires
traffic_sign=*
See also
direction=* traffic_sign:forward=* / traffic_sign:backward=*
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
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 by the iD editor in September 2018 (and released 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. It is unknown why the key direction=*, which was also already in use and has the same meaning as traffic_sign:direction=*, wasn't used instead.