Hmm. So, what people are saying is that in some places an alley is only pedestrian (and bicycle) access, eih? And this is discussed in the context of highway=service.
Unless I've understood something completely wrong and as the wiki notes there are two main sets of highway=* types: 1) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway#Roads 2) http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:highway#Paths 1) for cars and other motor vehicles alike 2) for "light traffic" i.e. pedestrians, bicycles, mopeds, perhaps even motorcycles in some contexts -- even ATVs in some? And horses ... + something else? Now, even though service=alley has been widely used and instructed to be used I think that having read this thread -- and not having known before that alley in some places means a way that is inaccessible with a car -- such alleys that one can't drive a car (or other four wheel vehicle, perhaps ATVs excluded?) should simply be tagged with an appropriate "path" tag. Am I missing/misunderstanding something here? Cheers, -Jaakko -- Nicaragua mobile: +505-8131-0729, alt. mob/WhatsApp/Telegram +505-8845-3391 Global (Google) Voice / SMS: +1-202-730-9778 * Skype: jhelleranta Twitter <http://twitter.com/jaakkoh> /Facebook <http://facebook.com/jaakkoh> : @jaakkoh * LinkedIn <https://linkedin.com/in/jhelleranta> * My profile: http://jaakko.helleranta.com On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 4:00 PM, ael <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 05:35:21PM +0100, Chris Hill wrote: > > >>In en_US, alley is generally a road where you can drive, but which is > so > > > >Here British usage is different. You can seldom drive on a alley. It > > > I don't entirely agree with your idea about alleys in the UK. We often > have > > a roadway behind terraced houses which offer a way to access the rear of > the > > > I agree that there are some regions where the typical alley is like > that. All of which, I think, reinforces the need for a clear definition > of when to use the subtag. Maybe we can agree that it means vehicle > access possible, even if that is not always the local understanding. > But it needs to be stated on the wiki page if that is agreed. > > ael > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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