[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Cul-de-sac with turning circle

[Alan Mackie]

For ones with a hole in the middle there is also highway=turning_loop if
you don't want to draw the circle.

On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 10:09, Brian Prangle <bprangle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Andy.
>
> Looks OK to me. Where there is a single piece of circular tarmac like this
> I use turning circle.Where there is a tree or patch of grass in the centre
> then  a circular way. If  a Y-shaped hammerhead I add an extra way in the
> shape of the Y.
>
> Regards
>
> Briab
>
> On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 at 13:49, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> I've been reviewing the mapping of some local roads, and would be
>> grateful for advice as to whether this edit is correct:
>>
>>
>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97112651#map=18/52.54693/-1.89053
>>
>> In it, I changed a cul-de-sac with a loop of road at the end into a
>> straight line with the end node tagged as a turning circle - please
>> compare with ESRI or a similar aerial photo.
>>
>> My reasoning is that it is not possible to drive a car up the road and
>> return, without at some point engaging reverse.
>>
>> If there is consensus that my change is correct, I will do the same
>> for other cases in the vicinity.
>>
>> --
>> Andy Mabbett
>> @pigsonthewing
>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
>>
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