On the page you referensed to. in the table with pictures it says "A round place with a traversable island in the middle, but this is neither a mini-roundabout nor a roundabout, but instead a turning circle, which allows large vehicles to turn around. "
2012/5/17 Martin Vonwald (Imagic) <imagic....@gmail.com>: > But this is exactly the definition of turning_place: a widening of the road > without any island. > > Am 17.05.2012 um 22:23 schrieb Tobias Johansson <t...@mensa.se>: > >> There is one thing. In Sweden we have something called "Vändplats" >> http://www.transportstyrelsen.se/sv/Vag/Vagmarken/Forbudsmarken/Vandplats/ >> roughly translated "turnaroundplace" usally in sweden we have used >> highway=turning_circle for this. >> According to this definition almost no "vändplats" would be >> turning_circles because: >> They are almost never circular (except new ones beeing built today). >> And there is no island in the middle. >> In many cases they ar more like a widening of the road so its possible >> to make a three-point-turn. >> >> I dont think anyone i sweden will change how we map this in Sweden >> because of this definition. But how do you guys feel about this? >> >> Best Regards Thod >> >> 2012/5/17 Martin Vonwald <imagic....@gmail.com>: >>> Hi! >>> >>> I updated now the english article: >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:junction%3Droundabout >>> Translations will follow in the next days. >>> >>> Many thanks to everyone who took part in the discussion and provided >>> valuable feedback. >>> >>> Stay tuned - I'll come back to you for the next article soon ;-) >>> >>> regards, >>> Martin >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
