[OSM-talk] How to map alleys in African cities?

[Simon Poole]

This is an oldie but goldie. North American use of the term "alley" is
in practical terms very different than the rest of the world. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley

The tagging in OSM (highway=service, service=alley) tends to correspond
more to the NA usage than to that elsewhere (which would likely have
been better served with a highway=alley, but too late for that now).

Back to African cities: my gut feeling is that if the road is passable
and used by small vehicles, and provides access  to the buildings along
it, it is not a path but an alley. BUT this is clearly a call that the
local contributors should make.

Simon


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