As there seems to be a consensus approaching on the horizon, I'll continue to work on some examples (positive and negative) to prevent misinterpretation in the future. I already got some nice photos (but could also need some more) so I guess I can finish it quite soon. As usually I'll post a link to the examples then so they can be reviewed before the article is updated.
However one thing that was already mentioned is still left: turning_circle . We have the same problem here as with mini_roundabout, as the tag should only be used if there is no island present but in fact it is also used in such cases. However we must admit that the implications for data consumers are somewhat smaller compared with mini_roundabout. To be really relevant for e.g. a router the destination(!) of a large(!) vehicle must be within a narrow(!) dead-end(!) street. That's a lot of prerequisites to be relevant. Also the term "turning circle" is not as widely used and precisely defined as "mini-roundabout" (please correct me if this is wrong). So how should we treat this case? To throw in my opinion as a starter: as relevance is much smaller, I would guess an additional tag like centre_island=yes/no or something similar should be sufficient. If it is not there it is simply unknown if there is an island or not, which in fact is the way data consumers have to treat turning_circle right now. Martin P.S: I worth seeing video was posted on a different mailing list: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzZHyTwjPug Yes, this in fact is a mini-roundabout, however a maxi one ;-) And yes, it was a regular junction a few days before. How I know that? Watch it! _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
