[talk-au] Tagging suggestions please - parking formal vs informal

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 at 18:37, Bob Cameron <bob3bob3 at skymesh.com.au> wrote:

> Only about regional areas, not urban
>
> There are well used informal parks everywhere. Many used by trucks as
> rest areas. Some are tiny, some are huge, some are gravel pits,


I asked about tagging gravel pits a couple of years ago, & the concensus was
landuse=industrial + industrial=stockpile, which has the advantage of at
least appearing on the map:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/871796417#map=17/-28.17686/152.77028


> I'd like a way to tag any informal area. No extra tag would imply formal
> (signs)
>
> Something like;
>
> source:parking=sign (the blank default)
> source:parking=informal
> source:parking=stockpile (Possibly with the stockpile number in
> description=)
> source:parking=nhvr
>
> These informals are all about judgement and evidence of use.
>
> Non standard examples. Will any existing tags cover them?
>

Possibly just add the normal amenity=parking, & as Dian said,
access=permissive, perhaps also with a description?

Thanks

Graeme
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