[Tagging] Entrance gates

[Peter Neale]

IMHO:
The entrance could be a gap in the wall (or fence), which might not have a gate.  Other gaps in the fence (or wall) might be closed off by a gate, but might not (normally) be used (by the public), so should probably NOT be tagged as "entrance".
So, I think you can have:
1.  A gate that is not an entrance (or not usefully tagged as an entrance - e. g. a gap in a fence that is no longer used - or used only for exceptional cases)
2.  A gate that is used as an entrance (and exit?)
3.  An entrance not controlled by a gate (but by a big, friendly security guard) 
So tag the point with "gate", or "entrance", or both.
Regards,Peter(PeterPan99)

    On Sunday, 19 December 2021, 16:04:53 GMT, <osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au> wrote:  
 
 barrier=gate describes the physical characteristics 
entrance=* describes the function within a larger context

I don't see any reason why you can't just use both on the same node.

Cheers,
Thorsten (too).

-----Original Message-----
From: Thorsten <1 at arxlupi.de> 
Sent: Monday, 20 December 2021 01:20
To: tagging at openstreetmap.org
Subject: [Tagging] Entrance gates

Hi everybody,
the wiki page says entrance is used for entrances to both buildings and
areas. On discussion it has been suggested to use barrier=gate for entrances
to areas. So would you rather use gate, entrance or both at the same time
for an entrance to an enclosed area (park, zoo, school, cemetery...)? I'm
writing here because the wiki discussion seems stale since March when
somebody else asked a similar question. Hope that's ok.
Thanks
Thorsten


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