Wolfgang Wienke schreef op wo 21-11-2012 om 20:48 [+0100]: > Am 21.11.2012 18:48, schrieb Maarten Deen: > > On 11/21/2012 06:45 PM, Maarten Deen wrote: > >> On 11/21/2012 06:41 PM, Wolfgang Wienke wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > I'm mapping in NL near Aachen. Can someone tell me, why there is more > >> > that ONE way in a dutch roundabaout? > >> There isn't. A roundabout is always one way. If there are two directions > >> it is not a roundabout but a circular road. > >> > > Just after sending this I realized that I must have misread your > > question. You mean why most roundabouts are made up of more than one way. > > > > Initially it is because of the AND import. The AND dataset was such that > > between every junction of 3 or more roads there was a sperate way. > What means the AND dataset? > > > Now it is just convenient if you have different relations (like a bus > > line) over the roundabout. Then you can indicate exactly which side a > > relation takes. > Well, this is really not necessary because you drive the roundabout > alwas in the same direction. > In Germany we only have roundabouts made of ONE way. If you use the > relation-editor of JOSM, than you can easily recgnize a roundabout. > Would it not be easier, to use only ONE way in a roundabaout?
Sorry to say, but in The Hague you have some roundabouts that have cyclists go in two directions and cars only one-way. The local government somehow can't figure out why accidents happen on those roundabouts. Hans _______________________________________________ Talk-nl mailing list Talk-nl@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-nl