Are these meant for the open historical map? It's common practice to only map what's physically there. Many of these rail lines have been completely built over.

Hi,

Just a note for the future, please make sure to fill out the changeset comment with a description of what you've changed, e.g. "mapping golfcourse". Otherwise it can be difficult to know what changed without digging deep into the changeset.

The construction tag is used for when building a new roadway, as in there was no roadway there before. Marking it as construction makes it so it's closed for access as well. It is not used for when there is construction on the road, as in this case where it was getting repaved but is still open. The construction tag shouldn't be used for projects that are short term as well. Usually only projects lasting over a year should be tagged using it.

Hi BlackBearz,

The 'service=driveway' tag is used for residential driveways. In parking lots, you can just use 'highway=service' for the non-aisle ways.

Oh I forgot about: https://learnosm.org/en/beginner/

The wiki, osm.wiki/Main_Page, has a lot of pages, they're a bit scattered about but here's some that I found most useful when learning all the little things: osm.wiki/Highway_tagging_samples - Examples with photos of highway tags
osm.wiki/Editing_Standards_and_Conventions - General standards
osm.wiki/Good_practice - General overarching ideas of OSM
osm.wiki/Map_Features - Big list of the stuff to tag

Hi EdisonTesla,
`highway=unclassified` is used for larger roads. A properly tagged driveway would be `highway=service` and `service=driveway`.
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Hi Bart, the `service=driveway` tag is used for driveways like you'd find at a residential house. The entrance to the parking lot should just have the `highway=service` tag. Way in question:
osm.org/way/742567798#map=19/37.48643/-121.93525
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I believe that is the tag he's referring to. That is the correct tag for marking parking lots.

The standard is to have the hard parking area (the area with the isles) be shown as one area, unless there is a break in the area due to grass, medians, etc. The parking lots on the west side of the mall are the way they should be.

Breaking them apart per isle, from my understanding, implies that there are a bunch of smaller unrelated parking lots all near each other.

Left this comment on an earlier commit. But, just a heads up, you don't have to seperate the parking areas due to parking isles. This parking lot should just be one area.

Just a heads up, you don't have to seperate the parking areas due to parking isles. This parking lot should just be one area.

These areas appear to be grass areas, not parks.

I don't think that the bridge is considered a piece of artwork. I think that tag is more for sculptures and murals. Maybe add as a loc_name key on the bridge?

I don't think that the bridge is considered a piece of artwork. I think that tag is more for sculptures and murals. Maybe add as a loc_name key on the bridge?

Shouldn't these parking lot areas be combined into one larger parking area feature?