On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:22:05 -0800 (PST) bluemm1975-...@yahoo.com wrote: > > So after realising this I can't actually stand in support of > > junction=roundabout on a point (or some other similar proposal) as a > > permanent fixture, but would fully support it as a 'temporary' tag > > to indicate at some point someone with my kind of island obsession > > comes along and puts in the details. > > I thought the same when I first started mapping, as I wanted to show > centre & pedestrian islands like in the Melways. But the wiki is very > specific > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Tag:junction%3Droundabout It > says that normal pedestrian islands aren't meant to be drawn as two > separate ways (flares). I guess you need to add a comment to the > discussion page or on Talk mailing list to propose something > different. Therefore given the wiki definition, there isn't anything > gained by having 4+ nodes when compared to a point and some kind of > diameter value.
I think perhaps you miss-understood me, or perhaps judge my island obsession a little too extreme. I wasn't actually talking about those island which I personally don't draw until they're at least a car length or so, big enough to get in the way of a u-turn or obstruct you turning into a driveway off the side of the road. (obviously not right on a roundabout, but that's what I use as a rule-of-thumb idea about which islands to include). You say given the wiki definition there isn't anything to be gained, yet the wiki definition says: "A standard size roundabout with up to four exits can be drawn simply using four nodes in a diamond shape." To me that sounds like the definition says a roundabout is four nodes. -- =b _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
