[OSM-talk] Highway access on hospital grounds

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

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> On 5 Jul 2021, at 23:59, Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com> wrote:
> 
> I agree that the tagging scheme should cover "acesss=customers" for
> pretty much all ways, and the trouble is that is has to bind a way to a
> set of places you might be a customer of.


the access=customer is actually meant to be about potential customers in some context. I guess you are only a real customer if you buy something, but until you buy something or leave you are still a potential customer, which for the purpose of access to a shop or the parking of a retail area is just as good. 
The same customers tag for a toilet in a restaurant or for example beach resort or camp site has slightly different meaning, you already should be a (real) customer of the place in order to be admitted (or count on their courtesy).

Cheers Martin