[OSM-newbies] Editing My Local Area

[Alex Mauer]

On 05/10/2010 01:42 PM, Ramey wrote:
> On May 10, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Steve Dobson wrote:
>> The Winkney Farm Estate has a number of "roadways" (not part of the
>> public road system) and pathways that are allow residences access to the
>> back of their houses and to separate garage blocks.  What is the best
>> way of tagging these area?
> 
> If it's a roadway, i.e., it's intended for use by cars, it sounds to me
> like an alley, so the tags would be:
> highway=service
> service=alley
> 
> If it's a path, I'd tag it as:
> highway=path
> 
> After looking at it with Map Compare, I'd say it's either an alley or a
> driveway.
> 
> If it's a driveway, the tags would be:
> highway=service
> service=driveway

Don’t forget to add the access restrictions...probably access=private or
access=destination since it’s not part of the public road system.

—Alex Mauer “hawke”

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