[OSM-newbies] roads with bollards or other obstruction

[David Groom]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Would" <daniel at demigoth.org>
To: <newbies at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] roads with bollards or other obstruction


> Hi,
> I'm in the process of mapping Eastleigh, and something I've found
> common is roads that either have bollards blocking through traffic,
> or perhaps just pavement/tree stopping it connecting to a main road,
> but the road carries on on the other side of the cross road.
> How do I tag this so that it shows as a whole road, but is clear that
> cars can't get past certain parts? (does this description even make
> sense?
>
In these circumstances i put in a very short way  tagged as highway=footway, 
since in the cases I've come across pedestrians can still walk between the 
two partsog the roas, even if vehicles cant go from one bit to the other.


> Cheers
>
> Dan
>
> _______________________________________________
> Newbies mailing list
> Newbies at openstreetmap.org
> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
>