[Tagging] Access by permit

[joost schouppe]

In Gent, Belgium, they would also have liked to use access=permit. There
are some new situations there where you need a local government permit to
pass certain "breakpoints" within the city. In the end, they used
access=private because it was the tagging style that would be most useful
to people using current routing software. But it is quite weird to put
something as "private" when it's a public body that gives you the permit to
use it. Still, it is true that the owner needs to give you an individual
permission, so it doesn't actually conflict with the wiki definition of
private.

Current tagging is quite confusing, as it doesn't really take into account
ownership. If you have an operater tag, it becomes more logical.
operator=private (this is a private road) does not imply access=private
access=private does not imply operator="some private person"
operator="city governement" does not imply access cannot be private.

While that means you can get arount the need for access=permit, it makes
for counterintuitive tagging. For a data consumer, it would be nice to know
if there's a procedure in place to gain access, or you just have to ask
some person.
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