2012/5/15 Josh Doe <j...@joshdoe.com>: >> The longer I think about it, the more I'm asking myself: do we really >> need a tag for this? If someone doesn't want to map it as loop, why >> not simply end the road without any additional tag? What information >> are we missing then, that we are not missing if we use a single tag >> instead of a loop? > > A simple answer is that people will want to tag it. :) I think most > people tag highway=turning_circle not because they want to include > information indicating that large vehicles can turn around, but > because it makes the map prettier.
Yes, yes - the good, ol' map-for-the-renderer ;-) But you are right. > Why don't we keep it simple and just use highway=turning_circle and > turning_circle=island, since it's more akin to a turning_circle than a > roundabout, and I doubt any data consumers other than rendering > currently do anything with turning_circles. We could use > highway=turning_loop also, if people have problems with using a > dependent key. I suggest rendering this as a turning_circle with a dot > in the middle, similar to a mini_roundabout but with a larger circle > (indicating that the area is wider than the roadway with a "turning > loop", which is not the case with a mini_roundabout). I would really like to keep turning_circle as clean as possible and use e.g. turning_loop for this. But I'm 99.9% sure that people will not use it, because it is not rendered on the map!!!!!111 ;-) Any more opinions/suggestions for this issue? _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
