2012/5/15 Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>: > 2012/5/15 Pieren <pier...@gmail.com>: >> Imho, if you want to indicate a turning-circle island, it's >> micro-mapping : you should better draw the loop geometry instead of >> creating a tag for the geometry (in the same way we don't tag >> roundabout flares, we draw separate carriageways if we want). > > > completely agree.
I also agree with you both. But there are a few people who don't. Now we have two possibilities: 1) We are right, they are not, so we ignore them. Result: bad data just like now 2) Ok, we are right only in such a way, that it should be drawn as loop in a perfect world, but we are not in a perfect world and therefore accept that some people don't want to do it this way and we provide them with some simplification. Result: not perfect, but better data and - the most important point - consistent data! I clearly vote for 2) Now the only issue remaining is: how? Right now I see two solutions: 1) highway=turning_circle and turning_circle=island or traffic_calming=island 2) new tag like e.g. highway=turning_loop The problem with 1 is that the turning_circle tag gets "polluted" somehow, as now a turning circle is a place without island, unless there is an island... this doesn't sound right. And I also bet, that many people will use highway=turning_circle WITHOUT turning_circle=island, because it is too much work to add two tags...... Solution 2 needs a new tag. It can't be easier, but we have one more tag, that can - and will be - confused with the others. I would really like to get more opinions from the people using turning_circle right now for places with islands. Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
