[Talk-us] Should driveways be on OSM?

Martijn van Exel martijn at openstreetmap.us
Tue Sep 29 10:20:33 UTC 2015


Is this what we're after? http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/bIQ

(I chose Kansas to annoy Toby)

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:51 AM Martijn van Exel <martijn at openstreetmap.us>
wrote:

> We could easily do a MapRoulette challenge to go through them
> systematically?
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:25 PM Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us>
> wrote:
>
>> Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at ...> writes:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > They can be mapped, especially the long ones and tagged as
>> highway=service, service=driveway, and typically access=private.I don't
>> care
>> for the appearance of the map, it's more important to connect houses that
>> are further away from the main road via the proper driveway to allow
>> navigation to the front door.
>> > They have been mapped in several places around the world, also in places
>> where there was no Tiger import.
>>
>> The Standard style omits service=driveway until z16, whereas ordinary
>> highway=service shows up at z13. At z16, you're close enough to see any
>> other micromapping that might take place around the house, like fences and
>> backyard swimming pools. :-)
>>
>> --
>> minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us
>>
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