[OSM-newbies] tagging residential garage access roads (and closes)

[Oliver Maunder]

On 5/3/07, Thomas Rynne <thomas.rynne at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Among residential areas I frequently come across short roads which
> are just access roads for a set of garages. How should I tag these?
> highway=unclassified?


>From the tags on the wiki, I think highway=service is most appropriate. The
wiki says...

"generally for access to a building, motorway service station, beach,
campsite, industrial estate, business park, etc. Sometimes called an alley,
particularly in the US, this is also commonly used for access to parking and
trash collection."

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features#Highway

Olly
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