[OSM-talk] Render icons for parking areas

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

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Michael Collinson wrote:
> At 07:04 PM 12/18/2007, Mario Salvini wrote:
>>
>> On 18/12/2007, *Mario Salvini* <salvini at t-online.de
>> <mailto:salvini at t-online.de>> wrote:

>>> How about a TAG "area_entrance=yes" to mark the possibilities to
>>> enter e.g. a parking-area?

>> good idea, but lets make it that way:
>>
>> tag the node: "area_access" + "direction= in/out/both" (where "both" is
>> defaut if "direction" is not set)

> Or just connect the parking area (or node if really tiny or 
> unsurveyed size) to the road with a highway=service and use 
> oneway=yes if appropriate. Simple, requires no extra tags and renders 
> out with current renderers.

Abosolutely. This IMHO is the correct way to connect a parking (or any
other kind of area) to the road network, and I'm sure people are already
using it. It's also perfect topology for routing algorithms etc.

Robert (Jamie) Munro


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