[OSM-talk-nl] junction= roundabaout

Hans Spaans hans at dailystuff.nl
Thu Nov 22 00:14:32 UTC 2012


Wolfgang Wienke schreef op wo 21-11-2012 om 20:48 [+0100]:
> Am 21.11.2012 18:48, schrieb Maarten Deen:
> > On 11/21/2012 06:45 PM, Maarten Deen wrote:
> >> On 11/21/2012 06:41 PM, Wolfgang Wienke wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I'm mapping in NL near Aachen. Can someone tell me, why there is more
> >> > that ONE way in a dutch roundabaout?
> >> There isn't. A roundabout is always one way. If there are two directions
> >> it is not a roundabout but a circular road.
> >>
> > Just after sending this I realized that I must have misread your
> > question. You mean why most roundabouts are made up of more than one way.
> >
> > Initially it is because of the AND import. The AND dataset was such that
> > between every junction of 3 or more roads there was a sperate way.
> What means the AND dataset?
> 
> > Now it is just convenient if you have different relations (like a bus
> > line) over the roundabout. Then you can indicate exactly which side a
> > relation takes.
> Well, this is really not necessary because you drive the roundabout 
> alwas in the same direction.
> In Germany we only have roundabouts made of ONE way. If you use the 
> relation-editor of JOSM, than you can easily recgnize a roundabout.
> Would it not be easier, to use only ONE way in a roundabaout?

Sorry to say, but in The Hague you have some roundabouts that have
cyclists go in two directions and cars only one-way. The local
government somehow can't figure out why accidents happen on those
roundabouts.

Hans





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