[Tagging] highway=service major type sub-classification - mini vote

[Jaakko Helleranta]

Hmm. So, what people are saying is that in some places an alley is only
pedestrian (and bicycle) access, eih?
And this is discussed in the context of highway=service.

Unless I've understood something completely wrong and as the wiki notes
there are two main sets of highway=* types:
1) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway#Roads
2) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway#Paths

1) for cars and other motor vehicles alike
2) for "light traffic" i.e. pedestrians, bicycles, mopeds, perhaps even
motorcycles in some contexts -- even ATVs in some? And horses ... +
something else?

Now, even though service=alley has been widely used and instructed to be
used I think that having read this thread -- and not having known before
that alley in some places means a way that is inaccessible with a car --
such alleys that one can't drive a car (or other four wheel vehicle,
perhaps ATVs excluded?) should simply be tagged with an appropriate "path"
tag.

Am I missing/misunderstanding something here?

Cheers,
-Jaakko

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:00 PM, ael <law_ence.dev at ntlworld.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 05:35:21PM +0100, Chris Hill wrote:
> > >>In en_US, alley is generally a road where you can drive, but which is
> so
>
> > >Here British usage is different. You can seldom drive on a alley.  It
>
> > I don't entirely agree with your idea about alleys in the UK. We often
> have
> > a roadway behind terraced houses which offer a way to access the rear of
> the
>
>
> I agree that there are some regions where the typical alley is like
> that. All of which, I think, reinforces the need for a clear definition
> of when to use the subtag. Maybe we can agree that it means vehicle
> access possible, even if that is not always the local understanding.
> But it needs to be stated on the wiki page if that is agreed.
>
> ael
>
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