[OSM-talk] [tagging] access=license

[Shaun McDonald]

On 24 May 2008, at 18:23, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In the Netherlands there's a number of parking lots where you can  
> only park
> if you have a valid parking license from the local government.

This common in UK cities too, though we use the name parking permit.

>
>
> Parking lots of this kind are common enough (in inner cities) that  
> they have
> their own official traffic sign (number 9 at [1]), but there's  
> currently no
> good way to tag them.
>

We have similar (but more complex signs as the tend to include the  
parking permit zone as well).

> The proposal is to add the new value 'license' to the 'access' key.
> Parking lots of this kind would then be tagged with:
> - amenity=parking
> - access=license
>

Personally I'd prefer access=permit, though maybe that's just me  
trying to keep osm uk centric.

Shaun