Re: [Talk-GB] Highways Leading to Farms and single residential properties in rural areas

2013-03-12 Thread wool...@hotmail.com
I tend to use the combination of service/driveway, for roads that lead to residential buildings or farm houses, even when they have other farm buildings around them.   Tracks i tend to use for roads that go just to barns, farm out buildings, or to fields.  Jason (Unieagle) Connected by

Re: [Talk-GB] Highways Leading to Farms and single residential properties in rural areas

2013-03-12 Thread Kevin Peat
Dudley, On 11 Mar 2013 21:27, Dudley Ibbett dudleyibb...@hotmail.com wrote: Is there a correct answer for this or is it a matter of mapping style? I am leaning towards using Highway=Service for these and keeping Highway=Track for tracks that link from fields to farms or roads to fields (i.e.

Re: [Talk-GB] Highways Leading to Farms and single residential properties in rural areas

2013-03-12 Thread Lester Caine
Kevin Peat wrote: On 11 Mar 2013 21:27, Dudley Ibbett dudleyibb...@hotmail.com mailto:dudleyibb...@hotmail.com wrote: Is there a correct answer for this or is it a matter of mapping style? I am leaning towards using Highway=Service for these and keeping Highway=Track for tracks that link

Re: [Talk-GB] Highways Leading to Farms and single residential properties in rural areas

2013-03-12 Thread Nick Whitelegg
This may be a matter of style but it seems that both Highway=Service and Highway=Track are used for the access highways to farms and also residential properties in rural areas.  I must admit I was using High=Track based on whether it was paved (tarmac) or not.  i.e. tarmac would suggest

Re: [Talk-GB] Highways Leading to Farms and single residential properties in rural areas

2013-03-12 Thread Nick Whitelegg
Oops - highway=service, not surface... -Nick Whitelegg/FT/Solent wrote: - To: talk-gb@openstreetmap.org From: Nick Whitelegg/FT/Solent Date: 12/03/2013 11:46AM Subject: Re: Re: [Talk-GB] Highways Leading to Farms and single residential properties in rural areas This may be a matter of

Re: [Talk-GB] Highways Leading to Farms and single residential properties in rural areas

2013-03-12 Thread Dudley Ibbett
Many thanks for the comments. I will now stick to Highway=Service for direct access from roads to Farmyards. I will also use this for residential properties set back from the road as there are quite a few old farms/farm buildings being converted into residential use. I will also try and

Re: [Talk-GB] Gaps in Barriers

2013-03-12 Thread Dudley Ibbett
Hi I could also do with some comments on the use of barrier=entrance or entrance=yes when there is a gap in a barrier (i.e hedge or wall) i.e. no gate or stile. I appreciate you could just draw two ways with a gap but sometimes the gap is quite small and a node would seem more suitable. The

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-03-12 Thread Brian Prangle
Aidan I've had a look at your list and would say it's way under - you only have 3 B27 codes and I've completed addressing this whole postcode area - I've not got every one complete but I'm sure there's far more than the 3 you're showing, including the one for my own house which is missing!

Re: [Talk-GB] Postcode data

2013-03-12 Thread Rob Nickerson
Brian, The list was of invalid postcodes. Hopefully everything you entered was a valid postcode (it seems that way given that only 3 invalid B27 postcodes appear in the list). Rob On 12 March 2013 22:37, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: Aidan I've had a look at your list and would