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

[Mateusz Konieczny]

Apr 27, 2022, 00:45 by graemefitz1 at gmail.com:

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> On Tue, 26 Apr 2022 at 21:21, Martin Koppenhoefer <> dieterdreist at gmail.com> > wrote:
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>> Am Di., 26. Apr. 2022 um 13:11 Uhr schrieb Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <>> tagging at openstreetmap.org>> >:
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>>> 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
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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yes, but this is not something know to router - unless tagged

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