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

[Rob Nickerson]

The main thing is that they are marked as private access if they are gated.
This way we ensure that the routing engines do not try and use these as
short cuts. If not gated, I would be tempted to mark as unpaved assuming
part or all of the alley is indeed unpaved (I wouldn't worry too much about
the end sections that may be paved where it rejoins the road).

Rob


On 16 September 2013 22:13, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

> To complicate matters, a minority are paved, and a few are paved for
> some of their length.
>
> On 16 September 2013 22:05, Rob Nickerson <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > 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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> >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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