[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: gated alleys aren't roads

[Andy Robinson]

In most cases those roads are access tracks to the backs of the properties,
ie they are unpaved but wide enough for vehicles (many properties have their
garages at the back). I map these as tracks rather than service roads for
this reason.

As for the request from Adrian I don't think mapping them as gated paths is
correct. Many don't have gates (though many do) and they are  not generally
paths.

Cheers
Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Loach [mailto:ed at loach.me.uk]
> Sent: 04 March 2012 11:41
> To: talk-gb-westmidlands at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] Fwd: gated alleys aren't roads
> 
> Brian quoted Adrian:
> 
> > Can you make sure that back alleys are shown as paths and not as
> roads,
> > especially where they are behind locked gates and the public has
> no access?
> 
> Checking the wiki, highway=service, service=alley *is* a road:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:service%3Dalley
> 
> I tend to think of an alley as the small footpath between two sets of
fences,
> so the OSM alley tag isn't appropriate; I tend to use footway. I have
mapped
> some ways recently that met the alley wiki page description, but used
> driveway, so will probably now retag when I get a moment now I've reread
> the wiki descriptions.
> 
> I think after that the appropriate access tags should be used to say
whether
> there is access or not.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access
> 
> I've not visited the area Adrian mentions to know whether those alleys are
> small roads or footpaths.
> 
> Ed
> 
> 
> 
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