[Talk-GB] Tagging of private parking in gardens

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The one on Merchiston Avenue has been tagged as private since it was the
amenity=parking was added by eric_ (a lead in the MESH project). Very nice old
police box
<https://canmore.org.uk/site/85649/edinburgh-merchiston-avenue-police-call-box>
(tardis) just outside. On Bing Streetview imagery the access to the parking
is not restricted by a gate. Looks to be mapped accurately.

As others have said, the other one is probably a car park for guests of the
guest house and could do with an appropriate access tag. I've certainly
stayed in guest houses in this area with parking round the back (and also
in Corstorphine). These may be some of the closest places to the city
centre which provide such a facility.

However, there are a number of other amenity=parking in this area which I
think deserve more attention than these two. For instance, on Dorset Place
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/503332708> there are a number of car
parks which look like private parking for residents of the apartments
there. These should probably be tagged as for Abbotsford Court
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/189682569/history> up the hill (a place
friends used to have a flat).

I think it's worth reviewing access tags, but would not remove ones already
mapped.

Jerry

On Tue, 3 Jan 2023 at 11:11, Donald Noble <drnoble at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There are a couple of private gardens in Edinburgh which are paved over
> and used for parking. These are mapped as parking=surface, one of which is
> also tagged access=private. Notes have been added questioning if this is
> the best tagging, https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3314288 &
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3314282
>
> Without wishing to remove detail, it is actually a private parking space,
> I'm just wondering if there is a better way to represent this without it
> appearing like a bigger carpark?
>
> Thanks, Donald
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