[talk-au] Distinction between roadside rest and stopping area..

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Hi Bob, I haven’t mapped these but roadside rest areas in the NSW Riverina (and presumably elsewhere) have been mapped in many different ways, so I’m curious to hear people’s feedback. For example,

Some in regional towns have been mapped as leisure=park, name = XXX Rest Area, with toilets etc mapped separately, e.g.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/294143613#map=18/-36.04168/146.95065

Sometimes the park has been mapped as an area using leisure=park, and a point has been added with tourism=camp_site, name = XXX Rest Area, as here:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1811186234#map=19/-35.65033/145.57339

Sometimes tourism=camp_site, name = XXX Rest Area, has been added as a point beside a service road,

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/316588165#map=17/-35.06066/147.05516

And sometimes both highway=rest_area and tourism=camp_site have both been added at the same place, as here:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2420391844

So, in practice, tourism=camp_site seems to be used to identify areas where camping is allowed.

Many rest areas that allow camping in this region are right beside the highway, not far from it, and I haven’t seen any distinction between ‘stop over places’ and ‘rest areas’ as such.  Cheers Ian


> On 11 Jan 2021, at 2:48 pm, Bob Cameron <bob3bob3 at skymesh.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Rest areas are generally where one stops for a while, possibly overnight. Often has bins and is some distance off the road it services.
> 
> Stopping areas are for a brief check of the vehicle, make phone call etc and are usually just 1-2 lane widths of paved surface just off the road.
> 
> Are these both rest areas? I'd like some guidance on how to distinguish between them if important.
> 
> Tnx
> 
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