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

[Cartinus]

On Sunday 15 March 2009 03:07:10 James Ewen wrote:
> We have tags that describe the physical properties of the
> roadway, let's use them.

But highway=residential doesn't describe any physical property of a road. It 
describes its use. In this case: a road accessible by anyone, leading to 
residential properties and not an "important" thoroughfare -> 
highway=residential

It's a cul-de-sac so you could add noexit=yes, which does describe something 
physical (But IMHO is a useless tag, because you can deduce that from the 
topology.)

-- 
m.v.g.,
Cartinus