At a guess, they wanted to use one of the roads for something that would be easier if it was in one piece, rather than split. A mini-roundabout is just one node in a way, while a roundabout breaks it up.
By the way, it's not being lazy if it really is a mini-roundabout. If the island fits inside the road width, then it's a mini roundabout. On the other hand I've seen them used for turning circles - that really annoys me. Except for one street I know which actually has a mini-roundabout at the end of the street. It's really odd, as it makes getting into one of the driveways a real pain. 2008/12/10 Darrin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I can see why people want to be lazy and use mini_roundabout for cases > where they can't be bothered putting in a smallish roundabout, but why > have I found 2 cases of 2 different mappers (both significant > contributors) REMOVING an existing roundabout in preference of a mini > roundabout? If the first mapper was prepared to go to the effort of > drawing the roundabout why remove it? (Amusingly one of these mappers > is one who in other circumstances gratuitously converts any one-way > cul-de-sac into a roundabout despite the non-existance of roundabout > rules at these locations) > > -- > Darrin Smith > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
