[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Acesss behind houses in North Birmingham

[Rob Nickerson]

I've wondered about these in the past too. I'm not quite sure that "track"
is correct even though they are unpaved (to me a track is more rural). How
about:

highway=service
service=alley
surface=unpaved

I guess the next question is - what if the alleyway is only wide enough for
wheelie bins/pedestrian access? Do you tag them the same way and add
motor_vehicle=no (or a maxwidth tag) or do you tag them as a highway=path
or highway=footway instead?

Confused? Me too!

Regards,
Rob


On 16 September 2013 20:26, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

> A while ago, I mapped and tagged a few of the access/service "roads"
> behind houses in north Birmingham (locally, we call them "gullies").
>
> You can see them on:
>
>    http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/52.5403/-1.9234
>
> as, for example, brown/pink dashed lines south-east of Booth Farm
> Road; and white lanes either side of Perry Wood Road.
>
> Clearly the tagging is inconsistent. I'm not precious about it, so
> should they be re-tagged (how?), removed, or what?
>
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