[talk-au] Fw: Re: Roundabouts and routing

Ross Scanlon info at 4x4falcon.com
Fri Dec 18 12:47:22 GMT 2009


> Separated ways is an interesting one and people do it differently. I am of
> the opinion that they have to be 'physically separate' ie there must be some
> barrier (island) between them (other than a solid white line - which can be
> seen in the link to the OSM map of the intersection under current debate, in
> the north-west corner - compare the nearmap image with the OSM image for
> entry into the club(?) from the east-bound lane). Having said that, where a
> painted island (greater than a car width approximately) exists that
> separates lanes I have taken that as a physical separation as well. The
> painted barriers have the same restrictions as physical ones ie can only
> turn right at specified places etc.
> My motto is Keep It Simple, don't over-engineer the representation - use
> tags & relations to describe the nuances.

Agree totally, this is the basis I have been using.


> Craig - not Chris ;-)

Apologies, too many names too many mailling lists.

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Cheers
Ross




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