At present the wiki says that highway=services is mainly for motorways and similar roads, but we have many places now that look like highway=services, but are on single carriageway roads and offer similar services, but are tagged as amenity=fuel. I am only pointing out that the dividing line between the different tagging approaches is blurry, and invite you to consider extending the meaning of the highway=services key instead of creating a new service_area tag that would apply everywhere bar motorways and other dual-carriageway roads, and would "compete" with amenity=fuel.
On 18 February 2018 at 16:16, John Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Javbw > > > On Feb 18, 2018, at 10:44 PM, Volker Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > what's the difference between a service area on a road that is tagged > with highway=services and one that is tagged amenity=fuel > > I'll write a full response tomorrow, but highway=services (SA) is a > singularly named place with a collection of specific amenities with > dedicated access along a motorway. Fuel is one of those amenities. It is > important to defining a SA, but it is not an SA itself. > > Similar to how a mall is a singularly named location full of shops and > amenities for shoppers, it is the collection of amenities together for a > particular usage in a singularly named location that makes a Service Area, > along with specialized access. > > javbw. > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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