not sure we need a tag at all, but i'd recommend a more general notion such as
service=facility_access there are, after all, access roads for things like power lines, etc. On 8/11/17 8:34 AM, Janko Mihelić wrote: > I'm struggling to think of another use for any highway besides access. > Maybe a scenic highway whose use is to look at surroundings while driving. > > I suggest service=pipeline_access. > > ned, 6. kol 2017. u 18:58 Dave Swarthout <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> napisao je: > > You're probably right Gerd. I sometimes get too enthusiastic about > adding tags to objects. The access tag is probably completely > unnecessary. Still, I'm curious about why other mappers decided to > use it. > > > > On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Gerd Petermann > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > my understanding is that most hw=service are used to access a > specific man_made object, so this tag > seems to be superfluous to me. I would simply not use the > service tag here. > > Gerd > ________________________________________ > Von: Dave Swarthout <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Gesendet: Samstag, 5. August 2017 23:02:18 > An: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools > Betreff: [Tagging] service=access > > Hi, > > I'm working on highway tagging in Alaska and am developing a > preset to automate the tagging of the many gravel service > roads that are used to access the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAP). > I have never used the service=access tag and there is nothing > in the Wiki about it but it would seem to be an ideal tag to > use in my work because those roads are being used to get close > to the TAP, in other words, to access it. Taginfo shows about > 600 uses of the tag and most of those appear to be for unpaved > service roads similar to the ones I'm seeing in my work. > > However, seeing as no documentation of the tag exists, I'm > wondering if any of you have used this tag or have some > insights to offer. > > As always, thanks in advance. > > Dave > > > > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > > > > > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- [email protected] Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
