[OSM-newbies] roundabout at end of streets

[Franc Carter]

Yep, they are normally one-way. However thinking about this, I don't think
people
think of them as roundabouts, they don't expect roundabout type instructions
when
they are going through them

On 8/9/07, Russell Phillips <russ at phillipsuk.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 02:50 +0100, Christopher Woods wrote:
> > To my mind that's a roundabout, but I think logically it'd be
> > classified as a cul-de-sac because there's only one way out... The way
> > you came.
> >
> > I guess what would settle it is - is it like a roundabout insofar as
> > you could theoretically drive in a perfect, unbroken circle around its
> > circumference, with a separate island in the middle, or is it just
> > basically an enlarged hairpin-style corner with grass in the middle?
> > If it's the former, I'd go with roundabout.
>
> Don't forget that roundabout implies oneway=true. I'd only go with
> roundabout if it's one-way.
>
> Russ
>
>
>
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Franc
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