[Tagging] Use of highway=track vs highway=service cemeteries, parks, allotment gardens, golf courses, and recreation areas

[Bert -Araali- Van Opstal]

Was there a specific reason to create highway=alley?  Why aren't these 
considered as residential roads, just narrow ones. We also have them 
here, even new ones. F.i. we have many islands where there is no 4 wheel 
vehicle present.  The only motorised transport is provided with 
motorbikes. No paved road to be found.
The interconnecting "tracks", in many cases consisting of a single track 
we use unclassified or tertiary.  In the villages they turn into paths 
between the houses which are build very close to each other. In most 
cases we use either residential or path, regardless if they are paved or 
not.  In cases where they are not used, due to their physical appearance 
(narrow or so oneven or crossed with open sewage and drains) that they 
are even unsuitable for use by the motorcycles we use paths.  I think 
you can regard their use and appearance much the same as your alleys, so 
why do you use a separate "service" tag for that?

Greetings,

Bert Araali

On 26/02/2021 21:48, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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> sent from a phone
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>> On 26 Feb 2021, at 19:19, Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <bert.araali.afritastic at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> We use highway=service tag for any road that is not intended for general public use
>
> it’s definitely not for through roads, but there are some kind of “highway=service“ that do serve the general public, although mostly pedestrians, that is service=alley which we use in Italy for the tiny roads in historical centers, that often look like footpaths by today’s measures, but which are often legally open to motor vehicles (typically tiny cars, or motor bikes and scooters, mostly used by pedestrians).
> The only service road that could be seen as access=private by default around here are service=driveway
>
> Cheers Martin
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