[Tagging] Clarify tag access doc

[Martin Koppenhöfer]

Am 11/set/2012 um 14:17 schrieb Pieren <pieren3 at gmail.com>:
> 
> I'm currently trying to refresh a wiki translation of the Access key page:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access


> I think too that a signle value is enough as already mentionned there.
> If we keep "customer", we need another one for "employee" (vs
> "custormer" parkings/entrances). Or I may suggest a subtag like
> "access=destination" + "destination=customer/employee".


Employee would be private IMHO, not destination



> 
> - "designated" vs "official". If I understand the wiki, the first is
> "not compulsory and often marked by a traffic signal" where the second
> is "complusory and always marked by a traffic signal". Is that correct
> ?


IIRR those were initially intended to mean the same.


> So, for instance, as a router for
> cars, how should I handle a road tagged with "access=official" (or
> "designated") + "bicycle=yes" ?


Strange tagging. Access=designated does not follow the convention <mode of transport>=designated. You cannot infer access restrictions for cars from this (I.e. fall back to the default, which depends on the highway class).


> 
> - is "permissive" a legal status, as the introduction says that values
> are all about "legal access" ?


Yes, it is a legal status that says you don't have an official right of way.


Cheers,
Martin