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<div>I always used barrier=swing_gate only for gates without full vertical<br></div><div>coverage like <br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Swing_gate.jpg">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Swing_gate.jpg</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Is it also supposed to be used for gates like<br></div><div><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lovely_gates_near_Hollinshead_Swing_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_844479.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lovely_gates_near_Hollinshead_Swing_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_844479.jpg</a><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gate_ajar.jpg">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gate_ajar.jpg</a><br></div><div>?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Going by name nothing seems really opposing it, but<br></div><div>OSM Carto and Vespucci icons seemed to suggest that it<br></div><div>was intended for gates formed by a single beam + its supporting structure.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier=swing%20gate?uselang=en">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier=swing%20gate</a> <br></div><div>advocates using both<br></div> </body>
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