Re: [OSM-talk] highway=turning_circle

2008-06-17 Thread Jonathan Bennett
Inge Wallin wrote: I'd like to be able to show these three different turning facilities (the first one isn't a circle) on the map. One way would be to add a size tag: highway=turning_circle size=small | medium | large with small or medium being the default. What do you think? I

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=turning_circle

2008-06-17 Thread Jonathan Bennett
Florian Lohoff wrote: There are even turning circles around a house or with parking lots in the middle. Those aren't turning circles -- a turning circle is just a wider, usually rounded piece of road to allow vehicles to turn where there wouldn't otherwise be space. Here's what I was mapping

[OSM-talk] highway=turning_circle

2008-06-16 Thread Inge Wallin
A node that is at the end of a way can have the tag highway=turning_circle. This means that there is room for a car to turn at the end of that way. However, in my village there are several different kinds of these: * Just a small dent in the side of the street where a car can drive in and then

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=turning_circle

2008-06-16 Thread Iván Sánchez Ortega
El Lunes, 16 de Junio de 2008, Inge Wallin escribió: A node that is at the end of a way can have the tag highway=turning_circle. This means that there is room for a car to turn at the end of that way. Isn't that the same as a cul-de-sac? -- -- Iván Sánchez

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=turning_circle

2008-06-16 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 05:21:44PM +0200, Inge Wallin wrote: I'd like to be able to show these three different turning facilities (the first one isn't a circle) on the map. One way would be to add a size tag: highway=turning_circle size=small | medium | large with small or medium being

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=turning_circle

2008-06-16 Thread PhilippeP
Isn't that the same as a cul-de-sac? Almost ... but with a larger cul :) -- -- Iván Sánchez Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] Un ordenador no es un televisor ni un microondas, es una herramienta compleja. ___ talk mailing

Re: [OSM-talk] highway=turning_circle

2008-06-16 Thread Robin Paulson
2008/6/17 Iván Sánchez Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED]: El Lunes, 16 de Junio de 2008, Inge Wallin escribió: A node that is at the end of a way can have the tag highway=turning_circle. This means that there is room for a car to turn at the end of that way. Isn't that the same as a cul-de-sac?