[OSM-newbies] Tagging Stiles

[Steve Bennett]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 5:39 AM, Dudley Ibbett <dudleyibbett at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Scottish Natural Heritage
> (http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/accessguide/stiles_list.asp),
> use squeeze step and ladder to define the types of stile.
>
> stile=squeeze
> stile=step
> stile=ladder
...

> It the above a reasonable approach or have I missed a previous
> discussion/conclusion on this?

Yes, it's reasonable. Another approach sometimes taken is:

barrier=stile
barrier:style=squeeze
barrier:material=wood

etc

These questions are usually discussed on the tagging at openstreetmap.org
mailing list - you could also ask there.

Steve