Hi Guillaume, my two cents: since this seems to be a feature that is pretty much unique in Montreal, you'll probably have to come up with your own tagging. I would not introduce a new tag on the service=* level, as these primarily still appear to be alleys and a new tag on that level might break existing applications. So I'd say you could come up with something like:
highway=service service=alley alley=green_alley plus whatever other characteristics the alley has (surface=*, smoothness*, access=*, ...). Cheers, Harald. On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Guillaume Pratte < guilla...@guillaumepratte.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to have some advise on how best identify "green alleys" in > OpenStreetMap data. > > "Green alleys" (ruelles vertes in French) are alleys that a group of local > residents embellish with vegetation. > > Here is the Wikipedia page on the subject in Montréal: > http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruelle_verte > > Here is a link in English: > http://kandkadventures.com/green-alleys-of-montreal/ > > These green alleys are identifiable because they have dedicated signs for > them: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTMTL_T52_DSF2289.JPG > > There are hundreds of them in Montréal: > http://goo.gl/maps/cMaor > > The project seems unique to Montreal. Other cities have "green alleys" > (Chicago, Austin (Texas), Seattle, City of Dubuque and some others), but > the program in the states is about the permeability of the pavement: > > http://www.cityofchicago.org/dam/city/depts/cdot/Green_Alley_Handbook_2010.pdf > > However, in some cases, like the City of Dubuque, they also have a > recognizable sign: > > http://www.dmgov.org/Government/CityCouncil/WorkshopDocuments/072511Green%20Alley%20Infrastructure.pdf > (image on page 14) > > > All of these green alleys are already identified as: > highway = service > service = alley > > Would it be possible to use some kind of "green alley" tag for these > service alleys? > > Or would it be better to use a more general concept of a "green space" or > of a community-driven green project? > > Thanks! > > Guillaume > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ca mailing list > Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca > > -- Please use encrypted communication whenever possible! Key-ID: 0x34cb93972f186565
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