[Talk-us] tagging cul-de-sacs

[Dion Dock]

> 
> At 2012-04-10 07:29, Mike N wrote:
>> On 4/10/2012 10:17 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote:
>>> A roundabout (or mini_roundabout) implies to me (although it is not
>>> defined on the wiki) that there is more than one entry / exit road. So
>>> intuitively I'd say that is not an appropriate tag.
>> 
>>  I agree, this is not a roundabout.  I use turning_circle, unless there 
>> is an island in the middle, in which case I draw the circular way as used 
>> in this example.
> 
> +1, unless I have a limited amount of time and a bunch of them with islands 
> in a tract, and then I tag them as turning_circle, too. I don't think 
> there's much difference here - it's about degrees of accuracy.
> 
> --
> Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.net>

I use mini-roundabout for turning circles with islands in the middle.  What can I say, maybe I'm just lazy.  It provides a bit more information than just turning circle without the work of drawing four ways.

-Dion Dock