2015-12-09 9:31 GMT+01:00 Gerd Petermann <[email protected]>:
> I found many places where mappers tried to map the island in the > > roundabout, e.g. : > > 1) highway=island or highway=traffic_island > > 2) traffic_calming=island > > 3) landuse=traffic_island > > > 1) I'd prefer not to use highway=* for ways which do not describe a means > of transportation. > > 2) The wiki for traffic_calming=island describes the use as a node on (or > as a part of )a highway=*, > > both will not work here > > 3) At a first glance landuse=traffic_island looks best to me, but the wiki > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Traffic_island > > says that this tag should be used for islands which help > pedestrians/cyclists to cross > > the roads, I think this is typically not true for a roundabout. > +1, you could use the traffic_island tag in this context if the roundabout can be walked on (i.e. there are explicit footway crossings transversing the island). traffic_calming=island doesn't seem a good fit, if I'd use any traffic calming tags here, the value would be roundabout (but doesn't seem to add information other than a judgement on the scope). > The wiki for junction=roundabout doesn't say a word about how to map the > island: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:junction%3Droundabout > > Any better ideas? > > I'd map the island as what it is (i.e. surface, landcover, kerb, flowers, grass, artwork, etc.). No need to say this is the center of a roundabout, because that's already in the data. Cheers, Martin
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