<div dir="ltr"><div><div>At present the wiki says that highway=services is mainly for motorways and similar roads, but we have many places now that look like highway=services, but are on single carriageway roads and offer similar services, but are tagged as amenity=fuel.<br></div>I am only pointing out that the dividing line between the different tagging approaches is blurry, and invite you to consider extending the meaning of the highway=services key instead of creating a new service_area tag that would apply everywhere bar motorways and other dual-carriageway roads, and would "compete" with amenity=fuel.<br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 February 2018 at 16:16, John Willis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnw@mac.com" target="_blank">johnw@mac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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Javbw<br>
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> On Feb 18, 2018, at 10:44 PM, Volker Schmidt <<a href="mailto:voschix@gmail.com">voschix@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> what's the difference between a service area on a road that is tagged with highway=services and one that is tagged amenity=fuel<br>
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</span>I'll write a full response tomorrow, but highway=services (SA) is a singularly named place with a collection of specific amenities with dedicated access along a motorway. Fuel is one of those amenities. It is important to defining a SA, but it is not an SA itself.<br>
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Similar to how a mall is a singularly named location full of shops and amenities for shoppers, it is the collection of amenities together for a particular usage in a singularly named location that makes a Service Area, along with specialized access.<br>
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javbw.<br>
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