[OSM-talk] UK Industrial Estate Roads

[Tom Chance]

On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:30:34 +0000, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com>
wrote:
> On 07/11/2008 06:48, Joshua Scotton wrote:
>> They are roads on a uk industrial estate with the normal white lines in
>> the middle of the road.
>
> Usually highway=service
> 
> You might want to mark the boundary of the industrial area out and tag 
> it landuse=industrial.

This is what I always do, with one distinction: if it is a signposted road
going into the estate, then I use highway=unclassified; if it is a service
road running through the estate I use highway=service.

See, for example:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.37642&lon=-0.15474&zoom=16

Tom