On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:58:25 +1100 Matt White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is probably a can of worms that needs opening - there are a > number of AU specific things that I think most of us apply a > "best-fit" approach to, that really need further discussion so we can > come up with some level of standardisation. Roundabouts are one, > seasonal closures a second, and personally I think the edit war > around surface/smoothness/usability has relevance to AU mappers given > the prevalence of unmade roads once you are outside the suburban > areas. Add to that things like placarded load restrictions for > tunnels, roads requiring permits (eg: Arnhem Land), emergency boom > gates across roads where there aren't train lines and suddenly you > start to appreciate the limitations of the UK centric system we are > using (or perhaps it's the richness of the AU road system). You really make it sound like we have too much fun getting around here. ;) Haven't seen any emergency boom gates like you suggest, sounds interesting, what are they for? > My two cents on roundabouts: Given the existing defintion on the > wiki, it's probably a coin toss as to the better way - personally, I > think mini_roundabout is fine. For standard suburban roundabouts in > Melbourne, it about correct, and drawing a diamond shape to make a > roundabout is just butt ugly. At least with a single node, you can > choose to do something decent renderer wise ( a nice pretty circle or > icon or whatever). The core idea, which is the fact that there is a > roundabout at that point, is represented either way. And with 4 points and a flag saying junction=roundabout an intelligent renderer can easily beautify it up also, making an ellipse which best fits the 4 points (And there's roundabouts around where an ellipse fits better than a circle anyway). The other core idea that you can't drive straight across the junction or pull a standard right turn any more is broken however if you use a mini. -- =b _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
