The roads I'm working on run connect major highways to the service road that runs adjacent to the entire length of the Tran-Alaska Pipeline. They are mostly blocked from public access but some are used for other purposes such as reaching an otherwise inaccessible river or lake.
I am using conventional tagging for the most part. The question I posed was partly to learn why other mappers invented and then used service=access. I suppose one can assume that most service roads are constructed as an access to something, be it a pipeline, an office, or a fuel station so it seems, on the one hand, to be a perfect fit, and on the other, redundant. Thanks for your insights. Dave On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:48 AM, marc marc <marc_marc_...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Or maybe use service=driveway > pipeline amenities is like a small business property > > > Le 11. 08. 17 à 17:53, Richard Welty a écrit : > > 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 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 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 > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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