Coming from the US where any form of roundabout is rare, I would consider any circular intersection a roundabout. Some have signals, some don't have signals. I know that some people in the US distinguish between the two, where a 'roundabout' has no signals and a 'traffic circle' does have signals. Either way, it makes sense to me to tag it as a roundabout because:
1) it is a junction of multiple roads 2) all traffic must enter a circular roadway, and then get off at some point Out of curiosity, what are others' criteria for a roundabout? On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Fernando Trebien < fernando.treb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I used to believe that, by definition, all roundabouts have free > transit and right of way along the circle, and that anything that > didn't display that property isn't a roundabout (just a circle). But > reading the wiki once again, I'm a little in doubt. The wiki mentions > that this is a roundabout, but I would previously have thought it > wasn't because of the traffic lights within it: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.59689/-1.14146 > > So why is it a roundabout? Is it because of the circular shape? Or > could it be because it's impossible to infer that any of the entering > ways have right of way, since they are all controlled by traffic > lights? > > -- > Fernando Trebien > +55 (51) 9962-5409 > > "Nullius in verba." > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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