<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I would like to have some advise on how best identify "green alleys" in OpenStreetMap data.</div><div><br></div><div>"Green alleys" (ruelles vertes in French) are alleys that a group of local residents embellish with vegetation.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the Wikipedia page on the subject in Montréal: </div><div><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruelle_verte">http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruelle_verte</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here is a link in English:</div><div><a href="http://kandkadventures.com/green-alleys-of-montreal/">http://kandkadventures.com/green-alleys-of-montreal/</a></div><div><br></div><div>These green alleys are identifiable because they have dedicated signs for them:</div><div><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTMTL_T52_DSF2289.JPG">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTMTL_T52_DSF2289.JPG</a></div><div><br></div><div>There are hundreds of them in Montréal:</div><div><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/cMaor">http://goo.gl/maps/cMaor</a></div><div><br></div><div>The project seems unique to Montreal. Other cities have "green alleys" (Chicago, Austin (Texas), Seattle, City of Dubuque and some others), but the program in the states is about the permeability of the pavement:</div><div><a href="http://www.cityofchicago.org/dam/city/depts/cdot/Green_Alley_Handbook_2010.pdf">http://www.cityofchicago.org/dam/city/depts/cdot/Green_Alley_Handbook_2010.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>However, in some cases, like the City of Dubuque, they also have a recognizable sign:</div><div><a href="http://www.dmgov.org/Government/CityCouncil/WorkshopDocuments/072511Green Alley Infrastructure.pdf">http://www.dmgov.org/Government/CityCouncil/WorkshopDocuments/072511Green%20Alley%20Infrastructure.pdf</a> (image on page 14)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>All of these green alleys are already identified as:</div><div><div> highway = service</div><div> service = alley</div></div><div><br></div><div>Would it be possible to use some kind of "green alley" tag for these service alleys?</div><div><br></div><div><div>Or would it be better to use a more general concept of a "green space" or of a community-driven green project?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div></div><div><br></div><div>Guillaume</div></body></html>