Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - parking (redux)

2011-03-19 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/3/18 Flaimo fla...@gmail.com: just relying on a surrounding amenity=parking area without a relation also has another flaw: underground parking. basically nobody maps underground parking facilities as areas with layer=-1. all of those i have seen so far in OSM are mapped as nodes at the

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - parking (redux)

2011-03-19 Thread john
If you have a driveway, some parts of which have a secondary lane for parallel parking or diagonal parking, and some sections of which have only a driving lane, how should this be tagged? This is a common arrangement in parks, from my experience. In some cases, the parking lane may only be

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - parking (redux)

2011-03-19 Thread Josh Doe
I would map the driveway as a way with highway=service + service=driveway, then areas of parallel or diagonal parking I would map as an area with tags that depend on how this proposal turns out. However there is another proposal [1] which would suggests tagging the appropriate section of the

[Tagging] border mapping

2011-03-19 Thread geowas
Hi, I'm currently doing some Bing-supported armchair mapping along the Turkish-Armenian boarder. http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2where1=Ocakl%C4%B1%2C%20T%C3%BCrkeiq=ani%2C%20turkeycp=40.490005925682524~43.61241415143237lvl=18sty=hencType=1 What is the best/recommended/suitable way to map border

Re: [Tagging] border mapping

2011-03-19 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/3/19 geowas geo...@gmx.de: What is the best/recommended/suitable way to map border watch towers (used by border police/soldiers) you could use man_made=tower and look for a suitable tower:type. There is observation http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tower:type=observation but the