[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - exit

[Joseph Eisenberg]

This proposal is going to change how exit=yes is currently used. That tag
has been used 22k times, mostly 15k times in Belarus with
entrance=staircase, but with a different meaning. That will be a lot of
entrances to re-tag.

In Russian the tag page says "If a key is not required to exit a building
or fenced area, this can be indicated with exit=yes. This designation makes
sense in cases where the order of exit is different from the order of entry
(for example, to enter you need to contact the concierge or you need to
have a key, but to exit you just need to open the door)."

Please contact the mappers in Belarus and make sure they have an
alternative to tag that information, or re-consider this change of the
meaning of entrance=staircase + exit=yes

- Joseph Eisenberg

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 10:02 AM Martin Fischer <martin at push-f.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> the currently established tagging scheme for entrances & exits has three
> confusing tags:
>
> * entrance=exit (somewhat misleading, since it's intended for exits that
> aren't entrances)
> * entrance=emergency (incredibly misleading, since it's intended for
> emergency exits)
> * entrance=entrance (nondescript, since it's not obvious that it implies
> exit=no)
>
> My proposal deprecates these three tags in favor of tags with more clear
> semantics.
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/exit
>
> Please discuss this proposal on its Wiki Talk page or here on the
> mailing list.
>
> (Thanks to everybody who replied to the previous thread regarding this.
> I am starting a new thread to follow the proposal procedure.)
>
> Best,
> Martin
>
>
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