<div dir="ltr"><div>The one on Merchiston Avenue has been tagged as private since it was the amenity=parking was added by eric_ (a lead in the MESH project). Very nice <a href="https://canmore.org.uk/site/85649/edinburgh-merchiston-avenue-police-call-box">old police box</a> (tardis) just outside. On Bing Streetview imagery the access to the parking is not restricted by a gate. Looks to be mapped accurately.</div><div><br></div><div>As others have said, the other one is probably a car park for guests of the guest house and could do with an appropriate access tag. I've certainly stayed in guest houses in this area with parking round the back (and also in Corstorphine). These may be some of the closest places to the city centre which provide such a facility.<br></div><div><br></div><div>However, there are a number of other amenity=parking in this area which I think deserve more attention than these two. For instance, on <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/503332708">Dorset Place</a> there are a number of car parks which look like private parking for residents of the apartments there. These should probably be tagged as for <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/189682569/history">Abbotsford Court</a> up the hill (a place friends used to have a flat).</div><div><br></div><div>I think it's worth reviewing access tags, but would not remove ones already mapped.</div><div><br></div><div>Jerry<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 11:11, Donald Noble <<a href="mailto:drnoble@gmail.com">drnoble@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>There are a couple of private gardens in Edinburgh which are paved over and used for parking. These are mapped as parking=surface, one of which is also tagged access=private. Notes have been added questioning if this is the best tagging, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3314288" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3314288</a> & <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3314282" target="_blank">https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3314282</a></div><div><div><br></div><div>Without wishing to remove detail, it is actually a private parking space, I'm just wondering if there is a better way to represent this without it appearing like a bigger carpark? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Donald</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Donald Noble<br><a href="http://drnoble.co.uk" target="_blank">http://drnoble.co.uk</a> - <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/drnoble" target="_blank">http://flickr.com/photos/drnoble</a></div></div></div>
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