[Tagging] Roudabout, center island, type of a traffic_island?

[António Madeira]

That description is wrong and should be corrected. The wiki states in
its main text "A traffic island is a structure separating at least two
lanes of a highway for a short distance."
Which makes sense, since you can have a highway with two ways in the
same direction, split with a traffic island in the middle.

Regards,
António.


Às 14:06 de 28/04/2021, Volker Schmidt escreveu:
> highway=traffic_island  has no wiki page and 500 uses in Taginfo.
> traffic_calming=island is not applicable for a roundabout centerpiece.
> The wiki page traffic_calming clearly states: "
>
>   * traffic_calming=island
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:traffic_calming%3Disland>
>
>     Trafficcalming-island.jpg
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Trafficcalming-island.jpg>
>     An island is a small area that temporarily separates two different
>     directions of traffic.
> In a roundabout there are no different directions of traffic, as it is
> one-way by definition.
> If we want to map the way how the centerpiece is planted, we should
> use the same tagging as we use for normal land cover. For grass it
> should, landcover=grass, if it's planted with flowers and bushes it
> becomes a leisure=garden.
> If there is a kerb that can be tagged a barrier=kerb.
>
>
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 16:38, Peter Elderson <pelderson at gmail.com
> <mailto:pelderson at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I think the central island has a traffic function, but not a
>     routing function. The routing function is in the junction tag of
>     the roundabout way.
>
>     For road-builders the central Island is definitely an important
>     feature, as are e.g. the splitting Islands, refuge islands, truck
>     apron (the tilted strips  around the Islands  where truck wheels
>     are tolerated).
>
>     Peter Elderson
>
>
>     Op wo 28 apr. 2021 om 16:12 schreef Dave F via Tagging
>     <tagging at openstreetmap.org <mailto:tagging at openstreetmap.org>>:
>
>         I don't see it as part of the highway. The road of a
>         roundabout doesn't interact with; it goes *around* it. Routers
>         know they're on a roundabout because of the junction= tag.
>
>         They're not really designed to be accessible by foot as per
>         your wiki pages. Most in my locale are municipally maintained
>         grass so I just mark it with landuse=grass.
>
>         DaveF
>
>         On 27/04/2021 22:32, Allroads wrote:
>>         Roundabout.
>>         Is the center_island of a roundabout a type of a
>>         area:highway=traffic_island?
>>         I think it is.
>>         What types of traffic_island can be used?
>>         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_island
>>         <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_island>
>>         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refuge_island
>>         <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refuge_island>
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