I've looked up the Circle Line in London. It is not circular in any way! 2018-05-25 14:00 GMT+02:00 Peter Elderson <pelder...@gmail.com>:
> I think circular is used to indicate that the vehicle in the end returns > at the same point. I don't think the actual shape of the route matters. How > would it be called in British Enhglish if the vehicle returns at the same > point, only by a different route, in order to serve more boarding points? > > 2018-05-25 13:43 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>: > >> On 25 May 2018 at 06:48, Peter Elderson <pelder...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > What is the use of the key:roundtrip? >> > Explanations just say >> >> roundtrip=yes/no(optional) Use roundtrip=no to indicate that a route >> goes from >> >> A to B. Use roundtrip=yes to indicate that the start and finish of the >> route are >> >> at the same location (circular route). >> >> This seems badly named, or badly described. A vehicle that goes from A >> to B, then returns along the reverse route to A, is said in British >> English to perform a "round trip". >> >> A vehicle that completes a (approximately) circular route to arrive >> back at its starting point is NOT called a "round trip", whether or >> not it performs that circuit just once, or multiple times. >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > > > > -- > Vr gr Peter Elderson > -- Vr gr Peter Elderson
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