Another thing I just thought of over breakfast, in New Hampshire by default private land has public access, and landowners have to post that trespassing is not allowed. It could be that that's a quirk of this part of the world, and other places don't have a posting requirement, which is why there's some cultural disconnect.
On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Alex Weech wrote: > >> I don't map in USA, but when I map driveways in Ireland, I add >> `access=private`. > > I'm always in favor of tags meaning the same thing everywhere, so maybe we > need to come up with a new access or way to map houses that don't allow > unannounced visitors. Maybe something like access=no_trespassing? Or maybe > the culture is different where you are. Does everyone put up signs saying all > unannounced visitors will be shot at or have the police called on them, or is > it just culturally assumed? Here it's maybe 5-10% that are unfriendly to > visitors, so the distinction is worth mapping. Or maybe just having an > unannounced visitor is an American thing. > > - Alex (aweech) > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020, at 2:54 AM, Rory McCann wrote: >> I don't map in USA, but when I map driveways in Ireland, I add >> `access=private`. So I agree they should be there. >> >> However, is the data that Amazon added accurate & reliable? If it's of >> very poor standard, then deleting the tag would make OSM better & more >> reliable. >> >> On 17/08/2020 05:33, Skyler Hawthorne wrote: >> > Was there a previous discussion about this that I can catch up on? >> > Driveways seem like access=private is appropriate across the board, not >> > just when there is explicit signage. If you drive onto someone's house's >> > driveway without permission, you are trespassing on their property. >> > >> > -- >> > Skyler >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Talk-us mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >> >
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