Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-09-05 Thread André Pirard
On 2013-09-04 15:50, Ronnie Soak wrote : > 2013/8/30 Frederik Ramm mailto:frede...@remote.org>> > > Hi, > > On 29.08.2013 16:07, André Pirard wrote: > > "This tag was created for the specific needs > > of logging [to tell which timbering vehicle can pass a bend]" > > More backgr

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-09-04 Thread Ronnie Soak
2013/8/30 Frederik Ramm > Hi, > > On 29.08.2013 16:07, André Pirard wrote: > > "This tag was created for the specific needs > > of logging [to tell which timbering vehicle can pass a bend]" > > More background here: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Round_wood_transport_in_the_forest > This

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-09-04 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/9/4 Ronnie Soak > > > > 2013/8/30 Frederik Ramm > >> >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Round_wood_transport_in_the_forest >> > > This site interprets access:xxx=* keys as possibility instead of legal > restriction. > I though it was general understanding that access=* restrictions alway

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-30 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 29.08.2013 16:07, André Pirard wrote: > "This tag was created for the specific needs > of logging [to tell which timbering vehicle can pass a bend]" More background here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Round_wood_transport_in_the_forest Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail fred

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread André Pirard
On 2013-08-29 20:08, fly wrote : > On 29.08.2013 16:33, Pieren wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:07 PM, André Pirard > > wrote: >> >> >> I was very surprised to come across that tag >> >> >> >> I will

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread André Pirard
On 2013-08-29 16:57, Colin Smale wrote : > > Won't the calculated radius depend on the number of points on the way, > and the width of the road? If you look closely at the geometry of a > curved road in OSM it is of course made up of straight segments with a > certain angle between them. A right an

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread Mike N
On 8/29/2013 10:33 AM, Pieren wrote: I will remove it from the "map features" page. Radius can be calculated from the way geometry. It has been used 7 times by one user so far... Next comments on this should be forwarded to the tagging list. Although not mentioned on the Wiki, this tag would be

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread fly
On 29.08.2013 16:33, Pieren wrote: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:07 PM, André Pirard > wrote: > > > I was very surprised to come across that tag > > > > I will remove it from the "map features" page.

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread Pieren
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Colin Smale wrote: > also be represented by a single node with an angle of 90 degrees > How do you work out the turning radius from that? Then, instead of going on site to measure it with a decameter and add a new tag on a splitted segment, I would simply add more

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread John F. Eldredge
On 08/29/2013 09:57 AM, Colin Smale wrote: Won't the calculated radius depend on the number of points on the way, and the width of the road? If you look closely at the geometry of a curved road in OSM it is of course made up of straight segments with a certain angle between them. A right angl

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/8/29 Pieren > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:07 PM, André Pirard wrote: > >> >> I was very surprised to come across that >> tag >> >> > I will remove it from the "map features" page. Radius can be calculated > from the way geometry. It has b

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread Colin Smale
Won't the calculated radius depend on the number of points on the way, and the width of the road? If you look closely at the geometry of a curved road in OSM it is of course made up of straight segments with a certain angle between them. A right angle junction might be a 45 steps of 2 degrees eac

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread John F. Eldredge
On 08/29/2013 09:33 AM, Pieren wrote: On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:07 PM, André Pirard mailto:a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com>> wrote: I was very surprised to come across that tag I will remove it from the "map features" page. Radius can

Re: [Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread Pieren
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:07 PM, André Pirard wrote: > > I was very surprised to come across that > tag > > I will remove it from the "map features" page. Radius can be calculated from the way geometry. It has been used 7 times by one user so

[Tagging] funny tags: turning_radius

2013-08-29 Thread André Pirard
Hi, I was very surprised to come across that tag because I just commented it on the Osmand forum without knowing its existence. They (GPS speakers and speakerines) call a bend a "sharp" or "slight" turn according to the number of degrees in c