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I just found OpenStreetMap. Just fantastically useful.

I am looking at a map of the Washington, DC, area and find it littered with the letter "P"; so many that I can't dope out what is stands for. It's not parks or parking. Is it for Pending changes??

Many thanks. Bob

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SpeedThree
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I'm pretty sure they are indeed parking lots. (I don't know what exact area you were looking at) If you take a look here you can see that all the P:s are representing some sort of parking. Though I doubt all of them are public available, so if you specify them with their availability they won't be as prominent as they are now.

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answered 15 Apr '12, 16:02

TheOddOne2
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Thanks very much for clearing that up.

(15 Apr '12, 19:24) SpeedThree

SpeedThree - you should accept the answer (the tick) not just adding another comment - thanks.

(16 Apr '12, 23:30) robbieonsea

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