[mkgmap-dev] highway=emergency_access_point

Thu Aug 26 10:27:43 BST 2010

On 08/25/2010 10:10 PM, Marko Mäkelä wrote:

> Side note: I found 3 highway=emergency_access_point in Finland. All 
> should have been healthcare=polyclinic. Where is this tag used 
> legitimately? Only in some natural areas, or also on highways for motor 
> vehicles (especially long tunnels)?

In Germany these emergency access points are used by police or ambulance
vehicles to enter a motorway between official exits in case of an accident.