[OSM-newbies] Fence in middle of street

[Charlotte Wolter]

Alan,

In the western US, on small rural tracks, often 
there is a fence across a road with a gate in it. 
(That gate may not be visible on aerial 
photos.)  The gate usually is not locked, and you 
gain acess by opening the gate and walking or 
driving through it. The rule is: If the gate was 
open, leave it open. If it was closed, leave it 
closed. I don't know if that is what you 
encountered or where you are mapping, but I have 
encountered this many times in the rural US west.

Charlotte


At 07:22 PM 2/1/2010, you wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Alan Mintz 
><mailto:Alan_Mintz+OSM at earthlink.net> 
>wrote:>Alan_Mintz+OSM at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>I've a street with a fence across it, disallowing any access across it. Is >
>it sufficient to draw the fence as a way tagged barrier=fence and have it >
>intersect the road way at a node? That's how I'd do it.
>However, if there's no "back way" around the road/fence crossing,
>I'd split the road way at the fence and tag the 
>inaccessible part with "access=no".
>(Or, perhaps, "access=private" if the entity who built the fence might
>occasionally grant itself access.) >
>Does the node have to be tagged in some >
>way? I think tagging "access=no" on the
>node should prevent most routing
>applications from trying to route through it.
>
>-- David "Smith" a.k.a. Vid the Kid a.k.a. Bír'd'in
>Does this font make me look fat?
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