Tag:highway=service
 highway = service
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Generally for access to a building, service station, beach, campsite, industrial estate, business park, etc. 
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| Group: Highways |
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| Status: de facto |
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Generally for access to a building, service station, beach, campsite, industrial estate, business park, etc. This is also commonly used for access to parking, driveways, and alleys.
Note: This is not a tag for frontage road, sometimes called a service road. That should be tagged depending on what function the frontage road serves.
How to map
To map service ways create a way 
and add the tag highway=service. To define a service way in more detail, see service=*.
Linear ways and areas
The tag highway=service predominantly describes a linear feature of a routable way. When mapped as a closed polygon without any further tagging, it describes a linear, circular way and not an area.
When the service road has an occasional widening, e.g. the paved area in an industrial estate, that can be mapped as a filled area by drawing a closed polygon, and adding area=yes. This area tag, however, should not be used to generally describe the shape or general width of a linear way, a few mappers use area:highway=service in addition to the linear way for this purpose.
Useful combinations
- name=* - optional
- service=*- to define a service way in more detail
- oneway=yes
- covered=yes
- surface=*
- lit=yes
- access=*
Examples
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| Service way for access to a fuel station | amenity=fuel name=Classic also an area with building=yes and a way with highway=service |
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| Subordinated service ways on a parking lot | In an area with amenity=parking often multiple ways with highway=service service=parking_aisle. The main ways on the parking lot, connecting multiple parking_aisle should be mapped with highway=service, only. |
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| A driveway is a service road leading to a residence, property or place of business | highway=service service=driveway Even if there are a few parking spots on the property, it remains a driveway. |
 
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| An alley: A narrow road, alley or path between properties | highway=service service=alley |
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| A service road for emergency access | highway=service service=emergency_access Consider adding access permissions to the highway, such as access=no and emergency=yes. |
 
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See also
- service=parking_aisle
- highway=services—not to be mixed up with! Use highway=services on a node or area to create a POI.
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