[OSM-newbies] Car park barrier

[Richard Weait]

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Molescott <waywalker at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> Greetings,
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> How do I map a large municipal parking area which is divided in two, one half for pay & display and the other for a lorry park?
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> The division is a barrier made up of a single unbroken line of paving slabs at normal pavement height above the asphalt, going from a shrubbery on the left, across the width of the area until it meets a hedge on the right. If I made this a footpath, which it both is and isn't, it won't join the rest of the map and will be a floating island?
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> People from the car park walk up to the slabs, walk over and across them, and then walk on the lorry park towards town.
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> The closest I can think of is a wall, albeit at only 4" high but this does seem odd, am I on the right track?

Hi Pete,

barrier=block looks close, but presumes larger blocks.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:barrier%3Dblock

How about two separate parking areas?