[Talk-GB] Tangential roundabout lanes

[Paul Berry]

Some tips:

For bigger junctions, eg roundabouts, just tag each way that is part of,
and exclusive to, the junction with the name you want.

For smaller junctions, eg crossroads, use a junction node placed at an
appropriate point (usually the middle of the junction and on at least one
of the ways) with tags:
junction=yes
name=<your_name_here>

Not that we should tag for the renderer, of course, but these node names
show up clearly on the Standard layer at zoom levels 15-19.

Regards,
*Paul*

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 10:15, Edward Bainton <bainton.ete at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm guessing the name may be one of those local names as used on traffic
> news broadcasts. Sometimes they're local common-knowledge names, sometimes
> the big green sign on the approach to the junction gives the name. It looks
> like the Portway has only one roundabout, so the name makes sense?
>
> I've never known how to *name* a junction so if anyone can tell me,
> great.
>
> Especially, the doctrine of placing the junction *number* at the off-ramp
> means the junction number tends not to render where I would like it as a
> human reader: smack in the middle of the roundabout. That's a bit less of
> an issue with numbers, but with named junctions it would be good to be able
> to name them the way bridges can have their separate name (eg here
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.59912&mlon=-0.26327#map=19/52.59912/-0.26327>).
> Any tips?
>
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 00:24, David Woolley <forums at david-woolley.me.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> On 01/02/2021 23:42, Neil Matthews wrote:
>> > No idea -- it's off a road called "The Portway" and it's a sort of
>> > roundabout like thing (if you squint)?
>>
>> What I was getting at is that it might be a violation of "name is only
>> the name", based on loose terminology about the type of feature it is.
>>
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