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

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/11/4 malenki <osm_ at malenki.ch>

> Robert wrote:
>
> >We are discussing in talk-de (German board) just streets and other
> >ways with many trees nearby.
> >
> >I found here:
> >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:natural%3Dtree
> >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/tree_row
> >alley=left/right/both
>
> As I explained at talk-de a new tag for $way_with_trees_beside is
> suberfluous. Why not to use the existing natural= tag at existing ways
> (railways, waterways, highways) like this:
> highway=tertiary
> surface=asphalt
> natural:trees=left(/right/both)
> name:botanical=Tilia tomentosa
>
> is it really necessary to attach the trees to the highway? We could simply
map the trees as such ( maybe starting with a way but in a further
progressing map we could arrive even at a point where every single tree is
mapped with a node, allowing for entering more details (like perimeter of
the trunk or species for every tree in mixed occurences). It might be more
difficult to check the db for avenues that way (as you would have to check
for proximity) but this could be overcome by a relation (guess this is what
my preposters suggested for lane-groups).

cheers,
Martin
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