Yes I started to understand that this after I sent my mails.. 2012/5/17 Martin Vonwald (Imagic) <imagic....@gmail.com>: > Look at the second column for the suggested tagging. The wording "turning > circle" is misleading here and does NOT refer to turning_circle; it should > read turning place. But I will not do any more wiki-edits unless NE2 is > banned so I can not fix this. > > Nonetheless thanks for pointing this out. > > Am 17.05.2012 um 22:42 schrieb Tobias Johansson <t...@mensa.se>: > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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