Re: [Tagging] Another reset on roundabouts

2012-05-19 Thread Philip Barnes
On Sat, 2012-05-19 at 01:51 +0200, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2012/5/18 Anthony o...@inbox.org: The key word there, I think, is *intersections*. A roundabout should be an intersection, not a bunch of separate intersections. If you're going to expand it to the point where you have traffic

Re: [Tagging] Another reset on roundabouts

2012-05-19 Thread Anthony
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/5/18 Anthony o...@inbox.org: The key word there, I think, is *intersections*.  A roundabout should be an intersection, not a bunch of separate intersections.  If you're going to expand it to the point where

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Anthony
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 7:14 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/18/2012 9:15 AM, Anthony wrote: 2012/5/18 Nathan Edgars IInerou...@gmail.com: If anyone doubts that existing tagging does not match the wiki, see

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Philip Barnes
On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 18:07 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: If anyone doubts that existing tagging does not match the wiki, see the following examples, all tagged as junction=roundabout by editors other than me: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/5677217

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Volker Schmidt
Some remark on these three examples: They are all so large that there is no technical advantage in tagging them as roundabouts as opposed to just normal roads that happen to be circular. Why do we want to map a junction as roundabout? The main reason is most likely that this way the navigation

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 5/19/2012 11:43 AM, Volker Schmidt wrote: All three examples would not be roundabouts in Germany or Italy, where the use of the roundabout tag is linked to the presence of the corresponding road sign for a roundabout, at least this seems to be common practice on OSM. In New Jersey the

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Anthony
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: Whilst I cannot think of any that have stop signs, I cannot see why they wouldn't in a country where stop signs are commonly used. It kind of defeats the purpose. If traffic has to come to a complete stop anyway, why

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Anthony
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/19/2012 11:43 AM, Volker Schmidt wrote: All three examples would not be roundabouts in Germany or Italy, where the use of the roundabout tag is linked to the presence of the corresponding road sign for a

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 5/19/2012 1:01 PM, Anthony wrote: I'd be interested in seeing a sign which says circle used on a roundabout, though. If you mean simply a circle where all entering traffic yields, here's one:

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Anthony
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/19/2012 1:01 PM, Anthony wrote: I'd be interested in seeing a sign which says circle used on a roundabout, though. If you mean simply a circle where all entering traffic yields No, I mean a true roundabout.

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On 5/19/2012 1:34 PM, Anthony wrote: I'm not sure that qualifies as approaching vehicles being deflected around a central island (the MUTCD definition). The deflection is being done by the islands in the four corners. Buh? So you wouldn't call

Re: [Tagging] (Mini)Roundabout: examples

2012-05-19 Thread Anthony
On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/19/2012 1:34 PM, Anthony wrote: I'm not sure that qualifies as approaching vehicles being deflected around a central island (the MUTCD definition).  The deflection is being done by the islands in the four