[OSM-talk] Roundabouts and routing

[David Earl]

On Friday, 9 September 2011, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/8/2011 3:45 PM, David Earl wrote:
>>
>> The problem is exacerbated because many of these were done as a single
>> one way which comes off the roundabout and then turns almost 180 deg.
>> and rejoins roundabout.
>>
>> Example:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/4565106 <
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/4565106>
>
> This is certainly no good, since it implies that making that U-turn is
staying on the same road.


i didnt start the idiom of this apparent U turn, merely the tagging to
indicate what it is to programs. But the idiom is very widespread AFAICS.
But Im not sure that breaking it in two says anything different.

David
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