[OSM-talk] [tagging] alley - for tree-lined roads?

[Andrew Errington]

On Wed, November 4, 2009 10:25, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 Nov 2009 8:12:55 pm Peter Childs wrote:
>
>> Participially if the trees overhang the road, and may get in the way of
>>  Busses (that often have to brush past them) and other high sided
>> vehicles. Perhaps there should be a way to mark if this may be a problem
>> for such vehicles.
>>
>
> very useful - trees and pavements have been driving me crazy --

Probably this should be handled with a height restriction:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxheight

Generally, if it's a main thoroughfare the local authority will trim the
trees to allow all traffic to pass (including buses and lorries).

Andrew