[OSM-newbies] service:alley or highway:residential?

[James Ewen]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 4:07 AM, Udo Giacomozzi <udo.osm at nova-sys.net> wrote:

> what are the correct tags for a road that
> - is rather small (it's not large enough to fit two cars aside)
> - it's it's asphalted
> - is in the middle of a residential zone
> - doesn't have an exit
> - does not provide access to public buildings, but to private houses?

So, now the question is: are these roads that are designed to drive a
vehicle down, or is it just a common area between houses that is paved
over?

Have a look at
highway:living_street
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dliving_street
or
highway:pedestrian http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpedestrian

I would guess that the latter might be better suited, as I doubt that
vehicular traffic is encouraged on these "highways".

Have you looked at the tags that can be associated with highways?
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Map_Features#Highway

James
VE6SRV