[talk-au] Roadside rest areas tagged as camp sites

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Sun Jun 4 00:46:32 UTC 2017


On 03-Jun-17 08:22 AM, Andrew Harvey wrote:
> On 2 June 2017 at 18:48, Mark Pulley <mrpulley at lizzy.com.au> wrote:
>> Quoting Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> _Truck Parking_
>>> Some places have had the name 'Truck Parking' applied to them (service
>>> roads, parking areas and rest areas too). Not good.
>>> My confusion here is does this mean truck only? I think other users may
>>> have the same issue.
>>> And some rest areas have a real name, so leading to this data being
>>> removed.
>>> The tag hgv=yes could be applied to the roads and rest areas to
>>> indicate this, and it does not mean motor_vehicle=no.
>>
>> Some roadside parking areas are explicitly signposted as truck parking
>> (rather than rest area) - I have often marked these as parking areas with
>> name=Truck Parking (or similar - if it isn't otherwise named). I have no
>> idea if cars are banned (there is no explicit sign saying they are, and I
>> have stopped in these in a car at times).
> Agreed with Warin, the name key is for the name only not a description
> like "Truck Parking"
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Names#Name_is_the_name_only
>
> I would go one step further and use hgv=designated on the
> amenity=parking node/way to indicate that trucks are preferred in this
> parking area and remove "Truck Parking" from the name. If car's aren't
> explicitly signed as no, then leave off the motor_vehicle=no tag.

The tag 'description=Truck Parking' could be applied ... I think that will satisfy all sides?

It may even be usefull for those rest areas that some find suitable for 'camping'?

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:description

I think that is going to be the best solution for both situations.




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