I agree with Matthias in general (except to suggest that the usage is British English as well). However, I would also suggest that the word 'driveway' is sometimes used for a much longer paved way used by vehicles for access to a property or amenity - in which case mapping would seem sensible. All a matter of judgement and common sense. I would map the 1 km driveway to a remote farmhouse but not the few metres to my own garage!
A final complication is that there is an additional American-English usage in which the word is used to describe a scenic route - in which case it would IMHO call for a route relation. As for individual trees - I wouldn't, unless of special historic interest and perhaps named - like the "Major Oak" in the Sherwood Forest under which Robin Hood is said to have sheltered with his merry men (and Maid Marian - or should that be "made" (;>)). Same with houses - I would not normally record individual properties in a built-up residential area but would often try to record isolated named properties that act as a landmark in a rural area. This is only what I do - it may be wrong as I am relatively new here - so tell me, please, and I will amend my wicked ways! Mike Harris -----Original Message----- From: Matthias Julius [mailto:li...@julius-net.net] Sent: 25 January 2009 04:44 To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] mapping driveways Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com> writes: > First of all, you should NEVER remove anything from the database, > unless you have made certain by your own eye that the object in > question is an error and not existing in reality! Even than take care > not to remove anything marked as abandoned or alike, that marks this > object was once here and the info is kept for historical reasons. Yes, renderers and other applications can then choose whether they want to use that information or not. > > Here in germany we are simply not asking if something should be > included! People in densely mapped areas are starting to map single > trees and litter bins - not all of us doing so, but that's not the > point here. > > How this should be tagged depends on what's on the ground. Please have > a look at: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Map_Features > > It indicates to use highway=service together with service=driveway. > > Funnily enough, I don't have a clear understanding what a driveway > actually is, seems to be an american english specific term? It's typically a piece of pavement that connects the road with peoples garage door. Of course, the pavement and the garage are optional. In German I would probably say "Grundstückseinfahrt". Matthias _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
