[OSM-talk] Rights of way again

[Mike Harris]

I probably would tend to use 'service' for both (based on function) and use
'track' for something unsurfaced (tracktype=) but wide enough for a
4-wheeled vehicle and then use access= to describe privacy or otherwise ...
But each to his own! 


Mike Harris

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Avis [mailto:eda at waniasset.com] 
Sent: 05 March 2009 10:43
To: talk at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Rights of way again

Mike Harris <mikh43 <at> googlemail.com> writes:

[private roads]

>How about using highway=service (and even including service=driveway) 
>for some of these as these are existing documented tags?

Yes, I sometimes use service and sometimes track.  In general if it's a
dead-end path to a set of garages I call it a 'track', while a
well-maintained road that just happens to be private is 'service'.

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Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com>