[Tagging] service vs. unclassified, conflicting definitions

[stevea]

Ah, I thought of an exception:  a service=alley is (usually, around here, in California) a public way, but it IS more "service-" oriented, like maybe it only gets used for rare, backyard-access by owners (which would be exclusively private use), but maybe it DOES get used for trash collection (which would be a public use).

Sometimes we need to type these things out loud to "riff through the possibilities."  Hey, they don't call these "talk lists" (well, mail-lists, too) for nothing.

> On Oct 1, 2022, at 3:25 AM, stevea <steveaOSM at softworkers.com> wrote:
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> Makes sense to me, too, Greg.  I don't know if it helps or hinders wider understanding, but I understand what Greg is saying here, and while his perspective is "Eastern USA" (and mine is "Western USA"), these don't seem far apart or even different at all, and there may likely be a further possible refinement here:
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> "unclassified" roads, as a "real legal roads" are "in public," and subject to traffic rules/laws/ordinances, and
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> "service" roads, as "private driveways, parking lot aisles and other roads not in the public grid of road network" are "on private property" and not (as) subject to traffic rules/laws/ordinances.
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> That's admittedly rough, but it does add something that I believe is true here.  Maybe it helps, maybe not.