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

[James Ewen]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Udo Giacomozzi <udo.osm at nova-sys.net> wrote:

> Saturday, March 14, 2009, 5:39:37 PM, you wrote:
> JE> So, now the question is: are these roads that are designed to drive a
> JE> vehicle down, or is it just a common area between houses that is paved
> JE> over?
>
> Both fit somehow. It's like a normal residential street, but smaller
> and without an exit. People living there use the street to get to
> their houses where they can park their cars on their private ground.
> At the end of the street there is a courtyard. You can see that on the
> Google Aerial photo.

How about highway:service with a service attribute of driveway?

A driveway is a service road leading to a residence or business,
usually with private access. Use with highway=service

Not sure how you tag that though... I haven't seen a sub-attribute in
use yet to figure it out.

James
VE6SRV