On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:09 PM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 3 May 2010 08:25, John Henderson <snow...@gmx.com> wrote: >> Unless you live on one of those islands (as I do) and you want OSM maps > > You live on the island in the middle of a roundabout?
He means that access to a driveway can be restricted by the island which causes the road to flare. In this situation splitting the ways in OSM allows a router to give directions that don't require crossing the flare to get to the driveway - or making an unexpected U-turn. Arie _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au