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

[Richard Mann]

I'd agree that service isn't quite right, if that's the front of the
buildings. But similarly residential isn't right either (I guess we all
think of that as something with pavements/sidewalks).

So is there any objection to highway=pedestrian+bicycle=yes+motorcycle=yes?

Richard

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Ben Laenen <benlaenen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 28 May 2009, you wrote:
> > Ben Laenen wrote:
> > > It's clearly a public road so you shouldn't use highway=service
> > > here.
> >
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway says about
> > highway=service: "Generally for access to a building, motorway
> > service station, beach, campsite, industrial estate, business park,
> > etc.. This is also commonly used for access to parking and trash
> > collection. Sometimes called an alley, particularly in the US."
> >
> > so highway=service has no meaning about public accessability. this is
> > done using the access tag.
> > highway=service just means this is a road that is not as wide as a
> > highway=residential.
>
> So give me the reference to "width" in that description.
>
> All examples given there talk about a special road built to get you to
> some place or a building, and if you wouldn't need to go to that place
> or building you simply wouldn't go there (and most examples would be
> privately owned roads anyway). The street from the picture that started
> the discussion showed a road with probably quite a bit of
> through-traffic (motorcycles, mopeds, cyclists and pedestrians), and
> that's what I mean with the word "public" there. It handles traffic
> that doesn't have to be there. And that's the point where you can't use
> highway=service anymore.
>
> Ben
>
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