On Wednesday, 23 October 2019, Jez Nicholson wrote: > So, for those who like definitions: In the UK, a "mini roundabout" is > simply a small roundabout that is either flush to the road or slightly > raised so that large/long vehicles are able drive over it if they need to. > If it has anything on it, like a lamp post, it is a "roundabout". It is not > the size, it is the being able to drive over it that matters > https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561491/mini-roundabouts-report.pdf > There is also the rule that you should not do U turns at mini roundabouts, so it is important that mapping retains this important distinction.
These are a very common feature, it does seem odd that routers are not supporting them. Phil (trigpoint) > On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 9:28 AM Florian Lohoff <f...@zz.de> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > i just saw a changeset of someone makeing a mini_roundabout > > from a junction=roundabout. I have never used mini_roundabout > > as non of the routing/nav engines i tried actually supported it > > when i did. > > > > Instead of making it some special type of roundabout with seperate > > tagging i'd vote for deprecating the mini_roundabout and adding > > a tag making the area of the junction=roundabout be an area which is > > driveable. e.g. why not area=yes on the junction=roundabout. > > > > That would add a lot of information - e.g. the size of the roundabout > > etc - and it would eliminate another "special" case which is mostly > > unsupported. > > > > Flo > > -- > > Florian Lohoff f...@zz.de > > UTF-8 Test: The 🐈 ran after a 🐁, but the 🐁 ran away > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > -- Sent from my Sailfish device _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
