[Tagging] highway=motorway and motorroad (implies)

[John Smith]

On 11 June 2010 15:22, Martin Simon <grenzdebil at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/6/11 M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>:
>
>> 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).
>
> As service=* tags for highway service seem to be in widespread use
> these days, I'd rather propose service=motorway_service or
> service=lay-by for this use. (or another term that is more accurate
> for this kind of service ways)

why not just service=motorway?