[OSM-talk] Render icons for parking areas

[David Earl]

On 19/12/2007 12:47, Robert (Jamie) Munro wrote:
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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:
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>>>> How about a TAG "area_entrance=yes" to mark the possibilities to
>>>> enter e.g. a parking-area?
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>>> good idea, but lets make it that way:
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>>> tag the node: "area_access" + "direction= in/out/both" (where "both" is
>>> defaut if "direction" is not set)
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>> 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.
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> 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.

I do that, and indeed often put the interior roads in the car park when 
it is a large one.

David