[OSM-newbies] roads with bollards or other obstruction

[Andy Allan]

On 5/20/07, David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net> wrote:
>
> ----- 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.

And further to this, when it comes to marking the continuation of the
blocked road,  I would enter it as a separate way. Although this means
that the name etc is duplicated between one side of the main road and
the other, it's the most likely to work properly in editors and
renderers at the moment.

There's often talk about changing the way we do things to 'link'
different ways together (known to some as 'superways'), but that's all
still on the drawing board.

So, in short, I would put:
sideroad way1 | footpath| (main road node) | footpath | sideroad way2
(if, of course, the side road is blocked off on both sides of the main road)

Hope this helps,
Andy