[Tagging] highway=motorway and motorroad (implies)

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/6/10 Elena of Valhalla <elena.valhalla at gmail.com>:
> On 6/10/10, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Zeichen_334.svg&filetimestamp=20060506221325
>>
>> everything in between is a motorway.
>
> In Italy e.g. the end of motorway sign (like the one above, but green)
> is placed at the end of the "area di competenza autostradale" and this
> includes motorway_links (and strictly speaking also service areas,
> that are not even tagged as motorway_something)


good point actually. I think it would be better to tag these service
areas as motorway_service instead of a simple service. That would make
it a lot easier to see them if your on the motorway (-zoom level).
(highway=service, service=motorway might be better for consistency).

cheers,
Martin