<div dir="ltr"><div>For large paved areas that are not parking lots or pedestrian zones, perhaps the best way to tag just the surface? I.e:<br><br>area=yes<br>surface=asphalt<br><br>That may not render in any particular way on most maps, but at least we're not tagging (incorrectly) for the renderer. If it's important for the area to stand out one can always tag the surrounding areas, like I did for example at the old S. Weymouth naval air station: <br><br><a href="http://osm.org/go/ZefVpqn9F-">http://osm.org/go/ZefVpqn9F-</a><br><br></div><div>On the other hand, if the area is in decent condition and meant to be traveled across, tagging it area=yes, highway=service doesn't seem unreasonable to me.<br></div><div><br></div>- Lars<br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 8:01 PM, Nicholas Davidowicz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicholasdavidowicz@gmail.com" target="_blank">nicholasdavidowicz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I haven't done it much for fear routers might not like it. It does look good on the OSM renderer though. Big asphalt area can be very good references, from air and ground vehicles, that was my reasoning for mapping them.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Mar 7, 2017 7:52 PM, "Alan & Ruth Bragg" <<a href="mailto:alan.ruth.bragg@gmail.com" target="_blank">alan.ruth.bragg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:large"></span><font size="4">I'm travelling in the SW and have noticed people mapping driveways as areas for entire neighborhoods.<br></font></div><div><div class="m_2512371844790368183m_2428571132863416474gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><font size="4">Looked a bit weird to me so I searched in MA to see how street areas were being used.</font></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><font size="4">I found a good example where Lars tied some footways together with highway=footway, area=yes</font></div><div><font size="4"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/104864046#map=19/42.21536/-70.92431" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/w<wbr>ay/104864046#map=19/42.21536/-<wbr>70.92431</a></font><br></font></div><div><font size="4">I think his choice in this instance was better than using highway=pedestrian, area=yes</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Looks good to me and conveys the reality of the site and the routers are not confused.<br></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">One of our new contributors, <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/ndavidow" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,68,221);text-decoration:none;outline:0px;font-family:"helvetica neue",arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(248,248,255)" target="_blank">ndavidow</a> has been using highway=service,area=yes for large asphalt areas not identified for parking.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>There is a proposal for area:highway tag at <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/area:highway" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.o<wbr>rg/wiki/Proposed_features/area<wbr>:highway</a></div><div><br></div><div>After a quick read I wasn't too enthusiastic.</div><div>Alan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br></div></div></div>
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