[talk-au] Mark a Track as "Dry Weather Only"

[Michael Lenser]

Quoting Matt White <mattwhite at iinet.com.au>:

> Liz wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 May 2008, Matt White wrote:
>>
>>> Liz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mark a Track as "Dry Weather Only"
>>>>
>>>> There isn't a tag for this yet.
>>>>
>>>> I'm making a suggestion "all_weather=no"
>>>> where the default would be all_weather=yes
>>>>
>>> Might also need to have options for "Closed In Winter", "4WD Only" etc.
>>> as well as winter gates (found fairly commonly in hte high country).
>>> Dunno if tags exist for these already - the 4WD one I've been wondering
>>> about for a while, as that is the majority of what I map.
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>

>>>
>>
>> It's the problem of the expression and how the default should be set.
>> How would you make the tags?
>>
>> liz
>>
> I think perhaps something like:
>
> access_restriction=yes|no (default as no == tag omission)
> access_restriction_reason=closed_winter(plus
> variants)|dry_weather_only|4WD_only|private_access etc.
>
> I guess either multiple values for the second key, or multiple key,value
> pairs if more than one restriction reason is in force.
>
> Serving suggestion only. I'm thinking that the renderers can easily pick
> the access_restriction boolean tag up, and the reason tag becomes the
> bracketed text that is after the street/track name (easy split on the
> under score, and allows for fairly free form users expansion of
> restricted access reasons, without necessarily having a barney over what
> colour to paint the bikeshed)
>
> Matt
>
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Under Restrictions you could also consider "No Caravans" as I've come  
across a few roads around Australia with restrictions on the passage  
of caravans.

Mike.