Thanks to Phil for pointing out to me it's "pipestem" not "pipestream".
On Thu, 23 Sept 2021 at 12:34, Alex Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I hadn't seen the "pipestream" before, and it does look to have some > utility. > > I'd much prefer that (legally) public roads be > highway=residential/unclassified etc so as these will all be present in > government data. > > If it's private (even shared between many people) then it should be a > pipestream or driveway or whatever so as to know you won't find it in a > government based list and need to rely on survey on the ground or an aerial > photo or whatever. > > Alex > > On 23/9/21, 11:51 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > "so why isn't it just a simple highway=residential?" > > in this case https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/203549225 > either highway=service or highway=residential are OK with me > > highway=service can be achieved by reversion in this case and there > are approximately 5000 ways to deal with. Not all are lanes but I > don't want to manually search 5000 ways looking for lanes tagged as > driveway > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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