[Tagging] Meaning of access=yes on highway=footway?

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2022 at 21:21, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Am Di., 26. Apr. 2022 um 13:11 Uhr schrieb Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <
> tagging at openstreetmap.org>:
>
>> Explicit access=yes / access=no seems a good idea to me for barrier=gate
>> on
>> public roads, where gate is not having just access=private roads on one
>> side
>> anyway.
>>
>
>
> I would also recommend to always add access tags to gates, unless you are
> not sure. While there are surely many reasons (mainly animals) for a gate
> where you do not want to exclude people from passing In the absence of
> access tags, as a router I would set the default to "no" or "private" and
> not let them pass.
>

In the particular situation that I raised, the gate & road allow public
access to a State Forest (National Park), & the gate is "always" open,
unless closed by National Parks staff, in emergency situations such as
bushfires, flooding etc.

Thanks

Graeme
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