[Tagging] correct access tagging for tourist attraction

John F. Eldredge john at jfeldredge.com
Sat Jan 3 15:58:13 UTC 2015


That is how I had interpreted access=destination also. Just because it has 
a specific legal meaning in the UK doesn't mean the tag can't be used 
elsewhere in the world.

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On January 2, 2015 4:25:23 PM Janko Mihelić <janjko at gmail.com> wrote:

> I always thought access=destination meant you can go through a road with a
> car, if your destination is that road. You can't use that road to go to a
> different road.
>
> 2015-01-02 17:01 GMT+01:00 fly <lowflight66 at googlemail.com>:
>
> > Happy new year
> >
> > Am 31.12.2014 um 19:05 schrieb Greg Troxel:
> > >
> > > johnw <johnw at mac.com> writes:
> > >
> > >> perhaps use the =destination tag instead of =private on the road you
> > are supposed to use.
> > >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access <
> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:access>
> >
> > Please, no.
> >
> > > I agree.  There's also access=customers that I use for parking lots.
> > > access=destination is supposed to be some legal notion in the UK.   In
> > > the private facility case, it's really a question of some places being
> > > signed for no access and some being welcoming, but it a
> > > with-permission-of-landowner kind of way.
> >
> > I still prefer access=permissive as I often take short cuts by foot
> > across these private roads without being a customer.
> >
> > > Another approach is to use access=no for the ones you shouldn't use (and
> > > for which almost no one among the public gets permission)
> >
> > That is access=private and not access=no
> >
> > > and
> > >
> > >   access=permissive
> > >
> > > for the one the public should use.  It's a little off; presumably going
> > > there at night is not ok.  But as a
> > > represent-the-world-with-what-we-have-now approach, it seems like a
> > > pretty good fit.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > access=permissive is the one we need here, access=destination has some
> > legal aspect.
> >
> > The other roads would be access=private.
> >
> > Still be careful with access=* as it might depend on your traffic mode
> > and foot/bicycle/horse/ski might have different rules.
> >
> >
> > cu fly
> >
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