[talk-au] Roundabouts and routing

[Ben Kelley]

Heh. My sister-in-law lives near here. The directions on my eTrext Legend
did confuse me a little at that intersection. I assumed the intersection
hadn't been drawn quite right, but I never got around to going back and
fixing it.

 - Ben.

2009/12/17 John Henderson <snowgum at gmx.com>

> Here's an example:
>
> http://www.osm.org/?lat=-35.205609&lon=149.027603&zoom=18
>
> Heading north along Florey Drive, my route takes me right (towards the
> east) on Ginninderra Drive via the roundabout.  I should be taking the
> third exit, but the GPS with an OSM map says to take the second exit.
>
> And this is because of the way the roundabout has been drawn.  The first
> exit (west on Ginninderra Drive) isn't being counted as an exit because
> that exit point is also my entry point.  In other words, it shows that
> one need not actually enter the roundabout to take that first turn.
>
> I believe that this roundabout does not accurately represent the reality
> of the situation.
>
>
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