[Tagging] Named gates

[John F. Eldredge]

Sander Deryckere <sanderd17 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I just don't know any gates with names, exept city gates like
> the
> Menin gate in Ypres, but they can't be closed and I should not tag it
> as
> barrier=gate but rather as a building. I never heard of gates that can
> be
> closed and are still important enough to get a name.
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They tend to be at the perimeter of large, fenced-off areas, such as military compounds or major industrial developments.  If they serve different purposes, such as visitors or third-party vehicles only being allowed to enter through specified gates, you are more likely to have names for the gates.  In the case of the city gates you mention, they were once used to control access into and out of the city.

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