On 2 February 2023 09:59:01 CET, Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
>A mini roundabout often doesn't usually have a diameter. Most are jus normal
>junctions which have been made mini-roundabouts to set a priority.
You mean they don't have a diameter because they are not even close to being
circular?
In any case they will have an inner diameter being the size of the big white
dot, which vehicles that are able to avoid, MUST avoid.
>
>So in terms of large vehicles it is the same problem as any other junctions,
>whether they can turn left or right.
>
>In the UK, U turns are prohibited at mini-roundabouts, which I would have
>thought would be the main usecase for a diameter.
>
The Highway Code only uses the word "avoid" which means to me that they are not
prohibited, just discouraged
>Phil (trigpoint)
>
>On 2 February 2023 03:31:39 GMT, Matija Nalis
><mnalis-openstreetmapl...@voyager.hr> wrote:
>>If the actual issue is that HGV cannot pass some road, why not simply mark it
>>as
>>`hgv=no`? Besides being simple, it has the additional advantage that routers
>>will actually already use it and direct HGVs somewhere where they can
>>actually
>>pass.
>>
>>Or if some lenghts of HGVs can pass, but others not, then maxlength=*
>>or maxlength:hgv=* or some of the other alternatives from
>>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxlength ?
>>
>>On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 21:25:32 +0100, Volker Schmidt <vosc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I see that I was not precise with my question: I am after a way to tag the
>>> overall diameter of the round surface composed of the mini-roundabout road
>>> surface plus the traversable central part. This is an important measure for
>>> trucks. I happen to live near one of these with an outer diameter of 12 m,
>>> and that attracts regularly articulated lorries like the cheese attracts
>>> flies. This triggered the question.
>>>
>>> Il giorno mer 25 gen 2023 alle ore 19:10 Peter Neale via Tagging <
>>> tagging@openstreetmap.org> ha scritto:
>>>
>>>> According to the Wiki (with which I happen to agree), a mini-roundabout is
>>>> defined as:
>>> >
>>>> "...a special type of roundabout in which the middle can be traversed
>>>> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Traversable> by vehicles, and is
>>>> typically used where there is only limited space available. Road traffic
>>>> flows in one direction around a point in the middle and the traffic in the
>>>> roundabout has right-of-way. The middle of a mini-roundabout is usually
>>>> only a painted circle, but there might also be a low, fully traversable
>>>> (mountable) dome or island."
>>> >
>>>> As it is traversable, does it really have a diameter? Or, if there is a
>>>> painted circle (are traversable domed area) on the ground, perhaps that has
>>>> a diameter, but does it matter to any prospective map user?
>>> >
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Peter
>>> >
>>>> Peter Neale
>>>> t: 01908 309666
>>>> m: 07968 341930
>>> >
>>> >
>>>> On Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 17:53:55 GMT, Volker Schmidt <
>>>> vosc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>>> Is there an established way to tag the diameter of a mini-roundabout?
>>> >
>>>> We have the tag diameter, but I could not find it applied to
>>>> mini-roundabouts.
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