[Tagging] Access by permit

[Dave Swarthout]

>Is there a risk that people will start adding access=permit to
>everything in a country for which you need to have a visa to enter the
>country ?
>Or even worse, to all streets with motor_vehicle=permit because you
>need a driver license and a number plate for your car ?

>This the proposal excluding those extreme cases ?

There's always a risk that some mappers will do what you don't expect but
hopefully, in most cases, common sense will prevail. In the description
that eventually ends up in the Wiki, notes about proper usage with examples
of what to do and what not to do should be included.






On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Marc Gemis <marc.gemis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a risk that people will start adding access=permit to
> everything in a country for which you need to have a visa to enter the
> country ?
> Or even worse, to all streets with motor_vehicle=permit because you
> need a driver license and a number plate for your car ?
>
> This the proposal excluding those extreme cases ?
>
> regards
>
> m.
>
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer
> <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 2017-09-18 17:29 GMT+02:00 Kevin Kenny <kevin.b.kenny+osm at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> I am told that access=permit is
> >> the same thing as access=private (which, as far as I can determine, is
> >> also no different from access=no). I accept that.
> >
> >
> >
> > it depends what "permit" actually means:
> >
> > 1) can it be obtained by everybody meeting clearly defined, easy to
> comply
> > (e.g. filling out a form with your name and intended time of stay)
> criteria
> > (=you have a right, if the administration doesn't grant the permit
> > nonetheless you meet the requirements, you could sue them),
> >
> > 2) or is it typically given to "everybody", but if they decide you don't
> get
> > it you can't do anything.
> >
> > 3) Or is obtaining the permit linked to requisites which are found only
> in
> > very few people (e.g. living in an area).
> >
> >
> > The case 3 and maybe 2 could reasonably be approximated with private,
> while
> > the first and maybe second would merit a new tag IMHO (cases 1 and 2
> could
> > also have 2 tags: access=permit and another one stating whether you have
> a
> > right to get the permit). I'm not sure about case 2.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Martin
> >
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