Thank you very much for this interesting approach. As always, you are very helpful, maxerickson! It took me a little while to figure out Overpass Turbo, specifically the need to click the Run button. I also found “out geom” to show long, curved roads better, which have a center far away from their actual location. This will be very useful.

Ahh… after banging my head on the desk for a while, I did a web search for “More Tools” and realized that you have the Utilsplugin2 installed.

Glad that I asked… this plugin seems to add some very interesting functionality.

Thanks for your responses.

access= is another tag that could use some reconsideration… what is trying to be expressed here?

Seems to me that access levels are a gradient, with a scale going from strongly encouraged (sign outside saying Public Welcome!) to the other end strongly discouraged (sign saying Tresspassers will be Procecuted!) and in the middle is access=yes

Trying to figure out whether each dark and lonely road allows only deliveries or just transport to destinations is nuts. That will change depending on who you ask. The map should reflect what is visible on the ground, and not some subjective interpretation of debatable legal status.

I would like to see this tag given a comprehensive scale for keys, with additional information (such as access=private) supplimenting the simple scale. Well, I can dream, at least.

Could you explain your process of adding node a bit further? I tried unsucessfully to find Shift-R in the JOSM keyboard shortcuts. I would be interested to know your process step by step.