[OSM-talk] How to tag small city alley ?

["Marc Schütz"]

> > And I guess it should be rather highway=service than
> > highway=residental. That changes rendering a bit too (it is narrower
> > in Mapnik IIRC).
> 
> What was that again with the "don't tag for the renderer" meme? :-)
> 
> It's clearly a public road so you shouldn't use highway=service here.

The description page for highway=service [1] states: "This is also commonly used for access to parking, driveways, and alleys."

So this is within the intended use of highway=service, especially in combination with service=alley [2].


[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway=service
[2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:service

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