On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Greg Troxel <g...@ir.bbn.com> wrote: > > Alan Mintz <alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net> writes: > >> With regard to apartment complexes, condo complexes, mobile home complexes, >> and gated single-family-home complexes, I usually tag: >> >> - The ways that cross the boundary line from public street into the complex >> are highway=service*** + service=driveway. These are also role=access in >> the relation. >> - Other roads completely internal to the complex are highway=service*** >> - If it is a gated community and/or there is a legal no-trespassing >> posting, additionally tag all roads and other features within the posted >> area as access=private. >> >> *** I have sometimes used highway=residential instead of highway=service >> when the roads are named, have actual postal addresses along them, and >> clearly up to public road standards (width, surface, maintenance, etc.). >> This would apply to some condo and most gated single-family-home complexes. >> >> I rarely draw driveways into businesses or, even more rarely, single-family >> home lots. If I do, they are highway=service + service=driveway, with >> access=private if gated or posted no-trespassing. > > This is an excellent description of more or less what I was trying to > say (but didn't so well), and I think it would be a good addition to > formal tagging guidelines. > Yes, it effectively answers my question. For a private road I'll use highway=residential if the road is named and recognized by our county property appraiser, and I'll use highway=service otherwise. Additionally, I'll sprinkle access=private as appropriate.
I don't understand what was meant by "These are also role=access in the relation." What relation? _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
