[Talk-us] Should driveways be on OSM?

[Greg Troxel]

Tom Bloom <tombloom99 at hotmail.com> writes:

> -If the driveway is long and wrong, or short and inside an urban area,
> delete it.

If it's wrong and TIGER, yes delete it.  If someone did it by hand,
message them.

Deleting driveways in urban areas is wrong, unless you are sure (meaning
you have walked on the ground) that the map data is incorrect.

> -Regarding access=private. If there is a gate, it's private. If it is
> a lane to a farmhouse, it may or may not be. There are any number of
> reasons. The electric meter reader. FedEx. Someone who is lost. The
> vet. I think the private tag should be removed, unless the lane is
> posted private. I've never seen one in decades of biking country
> roads. Farmers love company. If there is an address issue, it is
> normally the mail box at the main road, not at the house.

access=yes means that the public has a legal right to use the way.
access=private means there is no right for the public to use, but that
some people might have permission.   For a driveway to someone's house,
there is no notion that the public is welcome to use it (for reasons
other than visiting the owner).  So access=private is correct.

If you don't like the pink dots on the standard render, file a ticket
with openstreetmap-carto that access=private on driveways shouldn't be
noted because it is normal.
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