I'd agree that service isn't quite right, if that's the front of the buildings. But similarly residential isn't right either (I guess we all think of that as something with pavements/sidewalks).
So is there any objection to highway=pedestrian+bicycle=yes+motorcycle=yes? Richard On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Ben Laenen <benlae...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday 28 May 2009, you wrote: > > Ben Laenen wrote: > > > It's clearly a public road so you shouldn't use highway=service > > > here. > > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Highway says about > > highway=service: "Generally for access to a building, motorway > > service station, beach, campsite, industrial estate, business park, > > etc.. This is also commonly used for access to parking and trash > > collection. Sometimes called an alley, particularly in the US." > > > > so highway=service has no meaning about public accessability. this is > > done using the access tag. > > highway=service just means this is a road that is not as wide as a > > highway=residential. > > So give me the reference to "width" in that description. > > All examples given there talk about a special road built to get you to > some place or a building, and if you wouldn't need to go to that place > or building you simply wouldn't go there (and most examples would be > privately owned roads anyway). The street from the picture that started > the discussion showed a road with probably quite a bit of > through-traffic (motorcycles, mopeds, cyclists and pedestrians), and > that's what I mean with the word "public" there. It handles traffic > that doesn't have to be there. And that's the point where you can't use > highway=service anymore. > > Ben > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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